Noun: Saddam Husseinsu'daam hoo'seyn or 'sadam hû'seyn
Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War ; born in 1937, deposed in 2003 after the US-led invasion of Iraq, executed in 2006 after conviction for crimes against humanity - Hussein, Husain, Husayn, Saddam, Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti
Type of: leader
Encyclopedia: Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein, Sri Lanka