Saddam

[Brad De Long]

>     Just to return to the original question involving
>the name of the president of Iraq, I do not, in fact
>know what his name is.  I have read that he is of
>the Tikriti (Takriti, sp?) clan.  That may mean that
>he is pulling a "Saud Faisal" routine in which actually
>his last name is Tikrit (or Takrit) but that Hussein is
>the name of his father.  In that case, which is quite
>likely, his full name would be Saddam ibn Hussein
>ibn (first name of paternal grandfather) al Tikrit, or
>something like that.  In that case, calling him "Mr.
>Hussein" is inaccurate and ridiculous.
>Barkley Rosser

Well, he's from the village of Tikrit...

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