Saddam

[Paul Childs]

>Saddam is probably called by his first name in order to
>avoid confusion with other Husseins, most especially the
>late King Hussein of Jordan.  The name is very popular among
>Arabs (being the name of a famed martyr for Islam or
>something like that).
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>Gordon
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I would offer too that it allows the media and western politicians to use
a condensing, first name patronizing tone of voice when they talk about him.
And, according to a friend who speaks Arabic and is a minor expert
on the region, it allows peckerheads like George Bush to mispronounce
'Saddam' as 'Saad-umm', which is an insult, literally translated
meaning 'shoe shine boy'.

PC
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