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 8th 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.