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Politics is when you say you are going to do one thing while intending to do another. Then you do neither what you said nor what you intended.

Saddam Hussein

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Saddam Hussein
Age: 69 †
Born: 1937
Born: April 28
Died: 2006
Died: December 30
Former President Of Iraq
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Politician
Saddam
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti
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There is much to be said for having an experienced international jurist who is entirely unconnected with the allied invaders, on the tribunal.
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I have been hit by the Americans and tortured. I have been beaten on every place of my body, and the signs are all over my body.
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Historically, and since, 1520, eighteen Treaties have been concluded between the Persian State and its western neighbours regarding its relations therewith including the question of borders. On all occasions, the Persian State chose the opportunity to violate the said Treaties whether by word or deed.
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If we look at the representatives of two superpowers - America and Britain - and look at their conduct and their language, we would notice that they are more motivated by war than their responsibility for peace.
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You Americans, you treat the Third World in the way an Iraqi peasant treats his new bride. Three days of honeymoon, and then it's off to the fields.
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By God, we will make the fire eat up half of Isreal if it tries to do anything against Iraq.
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Our children should be taught to beware of everything foreign and not to disclose any state or party secrets to foreigners... for foreigners are eyes for their countries, and some of them are counterrevolutionary instruments [in the hands of imperialism].
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Once again, the hopeless cowardly Americans were back to repeat their cowardly act hiding behind a technological advance that God, most gracious, wanted it to be their curse and cause for shame.
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Ramadan makes you closer to God.
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The most important thing about marriage is that the man must not let the woman feel downtrodden simply because she is a woman and he is a man.
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After they underestimated you, you Iraqis, now they've come on land this attempt is our chance to incur losses on them
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Today you are standing in a position that would please the friend and would anger the enemy and all the infidels. You will be victorious against the enemies and you are causing them to suffer.
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Long live jihad and long live Palestine.
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Traditionally Marxism attracts the oppressed. This, however, is not the case in the Arab nation... The socialist programs in Arab history did not always come from the poor, but from men who had known no oppression and became the leaders of the poor. The Arab nation has never been as class-conscious as other nations.
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Long live Iraq! Long live the Iraqi people! Down with the traitors!
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The Iraqis are committed to their rights as much as they are committed to the rights of others. Without peace they will be faced with many obstacles that would stop them from fulfilling their human role.
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We will pursue them until they lose their nerves... Now that they have indulged in their evil and crimes, they will suffer a defeat.
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There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is God's messenger.
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I am not guilty, I am innocent.
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la ilaha il-Allah, wa Muhammadu... (There is no god but God and Muhammed [is His prophet
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