Synonyms that are in the dictionary are marked in green. Synonyms that are not in the dictionary are marked in red.
Antonyms that are in the dictionary are marked in green. Antonyms that are not in the dictionary are marked in red.
Aras Abid had every reason to want Saddam Hussein out of power after he was the sole survivor from his 12-member family from a gas attack ordered by the dictator on his Kurdish community in 1988.
A trial of three men accused of shipping arms-making machinery to Iraq collapsed after it became clear that the British government knew they were helping Saddam Hussein.
Source: https://www.thenational.scot/news/23300000.history-tory-scandals-nineties-present-day/?ref=rss
Born in Baghdad to a Kurdish family, Mr. Zahawi came to Britain at age 11, when his parents fled the tyranny of Saddam Hussein.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/29/world/europe/zahawi-sunak-fired.html
Despite the sanctions, Saddam Hussein outlasted the administration of Bush 41. Bush’s successor, Bill Clinton, continued the policy of sanctioning Iraq, combining them with UN weapons inspections to undermine Saddam Hussein.
Despite the sanctions, Saddam Hussein outlasted the administration of Bush 41. Bush’s successor, Bill Clinton, continued the policy of sanctioning Iraq, combining them with UN weapons inspections to undermine Saddam Hussein.
Donations to Palestinian terrorists were also made by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, and Libyan tyrant Muammar Qaddafi.
For example, Saddam Hussein allegedly had weapons of mass destruction, which later turned out to be a lie.
He described the shocked reaction of UK intelligence chiefs when informed in 2001 - two years before the war - that the US was determined to bring down Saddam Hussein by force.
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tony-blair-usa-sunak-biden-b2299881.html
He says a confirmation bias led government experts to listen to fragments of information which supported the idea that Saddam Hussein had WMDs, and discount any that did not.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-64914542?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Influential people in the BJP and RSS were swayed by this propaganda - partly because they too, like many Americans, were convinced that Saddam Hussein was backing al Qaeda's terrorist activities worldwide.
Source: https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/when-vajpayee-worked-with-opposition-to-stave-off-us-pressure-3885750
Iraq and Iran fought an eight-year war in the 1980s after Saddam Hussein invaded his neighbour in the wake of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution.
Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/09/work-begins-iraq-iran-rail-link
Nadhim Zahawi's political rise was extraordinary given he arrived in Britain, aged nine, in the 1970s as a Kurdish refugee from Iraq fleeing Saddam Hussein.
Past sanctions and embargoes have generally been unable to trigger regime changes — think Fidel Castro in Cuba, Saddam Hussein in Iraq or Kim Jong Un in North Korea.
Source: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-12-14/war-ukraine-russia-economy-sanctions
The idea of a quick, decisive battle inspired then-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to invade Iran in 1980, which led to a horrifically bloody eight years of attrition.
US media did such a good job deceitfully marrying Saddam Hussein to the September 11 attacks in the minds of the public in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq that seven in ten Americans still believed he was connected to 9/11 months after the war began.
You can see from the documents that the Americans are starting to spin ideas they have about Saddam Hussein and his options for pre-emptive military action.