1. Saddam Hussein
... Iraq. His name means, "One who confronts" in Arabic. He was married in Cairo in 1960 to his first cousin Sajidah. They have had five children, three girls and two boys. Their names are Hala, Rana, Raghad, Qusai, and Uday. In July of 1979, Saddam being the second in command, announced that the present leader General Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr had ... stepped down because of poor health and that he had been chosen by the Baath party as Iraq's new President, commander in chief, and head of the government as well as the party. The new President had inaugurated his administration, and then called ...
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