Saddam vs. Ayatollah
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Sedam and Modern Iroch
The story of sedam and the story of modern iroch is, yet again, the story of attempting to build a nation state on nationalistic principles while wrestling with sectarian, ethnic, religious and linguistic divides. Sedam hussain was born in 19 35 in tird; grew up in poverty, abused by a stepfather who forced him to sell watermelons. But he ends up joining the bath party in 19 57 and eventually becomes president of irak. What hs happened o him in the meantime? If there is one person that sadam owes everything really to is his maternal uncle, her lotolpi. Her lotolpa rescued sardam from that abusive household
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