Re: The name Saddam

["Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim"]

Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim schrieb:

> Richard Fangnail schrieb:
>
> > Why did people usually say "Saddam" instead of "Hussein"- was it just
> > so people wouldn't confuse him with King Hussein - and yet it seems
> > funny.


A little correction of what I said in my first post.  With the
exception of Ahmad Hassan Al-Bakr who was known as Al-Bakr only. The
first president Abdul-Karim Qa:sim was know with his full name.
Abdus-Salam 3a:rif and his brother's full names were used. Perhaps the
brutality of Saddam made his first name popular.