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Hussein

[ hoo-seyn ]

noun

  1. Also Ho·sein; Hu·sain [] al-Husayn, a.d. 629?–680, Arabian caliph, the son of Ali and Fatima and the brother of Hasan.
  2. Sad·dam [sah-, dahm], at-Takriti, 1937–2006, Iraqi political leader: president 1979–2003.


Hussein

/ hʊˈseɪn /

noun

  1. AlsoHusain Hussein19351999MJordanianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1935–99, king of Jordan (1952–99)
  2. HusseinSaddam19372006MIraqiPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: head of state Saddam (sæˈdæm). 1937–2006, Iraqi politician: president (1979–2003) and prime minister (1994–2003) of Iraq. He led Iraq into the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88) and the Gulf War (1991) but was deposed and captured in the US-led invasion of 2003; executed 2006


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Viewers often leave jokey comments like “forbidden soft serve” and “I can’t even get toothpaste to come out that smooth” on Hussein’s posts, the most popular of which have been watched nearly 20 million times.

From Time

That is the hope in Somalia, where Hussein wrapped up his fieldwork a few weeks ago.

The hardest part about the time in jail was that Hussein was separated from his wife and children, who were held in the women’s section of the prison.

From Time

In June 2019, Hussein and his wife Sahera Begum were arrested and sent to the detention center in Goalpara after being declared foreigners.

From Time

When she married, she took the name Noor al-Hussein, which translates to the “light of Hussein.”

From Ozy

Who cares of Barack Hussein Obama is president and gays are getting married?

Cheney is relying on some thin evidence to tie Hussein to al-Qaida.

The name—like Hitler or Hussein, Dahmer or Bundy—is synonymous with evil.

Cell phone contracts were among the first business deals struck in Iraq after Saddam Hussein was driven from power.

These days, ISIS is wired; al Qaeda is tired; and Saddam Hussein and Qaddafi expired.

Hussein was also a usurer and the principal creditor of some Jewish merchants who had a claim against France.

As France had been the principal sufferer from Hussein's pirates, it was not likely that the king would notice this demand.

The claim was in litigation, and Hussein, becoming impatient, demanded payment from the French king.

Hussein Effendi would probably supply the last missing segments.

One obvious tactical objective was to eliminate Saddam Hussein's command and control.

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