SAEDNEWS: Saddam Hussein had a strange fascination with flaunting weapons. The most infamous photo shows him holding a gun to his wife's temple.
According to the political news service of Saed News, there is always widespread interest in reading and hearing about the private lives of dictators. Even years after their deaths, uncovering different aspects of their personal lives remains compelling to many people.
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: صدام حسین عبد المجید التکریتی; April 28, 1937 – December 30, 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. He was a prominent member of the Iraqi Ba’ath Party and played a key role in the 1968 coup that led to the Ba’ath Party’s long-term rule.
Among dictators, Saddam Hussein’s private life offers revealing insights into the hidden facets of his personality.
Saddam, who ruled Iraq as the undisputed dictator and its most powerful figure from 1979 to 2003, married his cousin Sajida Khairallah Tulfah in 1963. Sajida was just 16 years old at the time. Their marriage produced two sons and four daughters.
