Saddam Hussein was a dictator who dared to challenge a superpower. But he had become captive in his own country, lraq. He did not hesitate to fight with his neighbouring country, Iran. He also fought with the USA and its allies, Britain, Spain etc. over the issue of disarmament of weapons of mass destruction.

    Saddam Hussein was born on 8^th April 1937. He belonged to a peasant family in Iraq. He studied law at Baghdad and Cairo Universities. He got married to Sajida, a loving wife. From his very childhood he developed revolutionary tendencies as his mother used to tell him the stories of his family's role in the country's independence struggle against the British colonialism.