BTW, I fully agree that the apparent effort by George Bush to mispronounce Saddam Hussein's first name was both ridiculous and insulting. But calling him by his first name was not, per se. Barkley Rosser -----Original Message----- From: Brad De Long <delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Date: Friday, September 24, 1999 6:31 PM Subject: Re: Saddam
>> 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
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>Well, he's from the village of Tikrit...
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