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Re: The name Saddam

Subject: Re: The name Saddam
From: "Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim" <Jdibrahim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 30 Dec 2006 13:08:07 -0800
Newsgroups: sci.lang, rec.arts.tv
Yusuf B Gursey schrieb:


> I heard that his mother gave it because of his frequent kicking in the
> womb.

Maybe but he is not the only one who bears this name. There were a few
people named Saddam when he was not in power. Most of them come from
areas around Baghdad.


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