Hussein's mother, Subha Tulfah al-Mussallat, named the future dictator as "Saddam" - which in Arabic literally means "one who confronts". Other meanings include "one who frequently causes collisions", "powerful confronter" and "powerful collider" - all of which would accurately describe the Iraqi leader's brutal and repressive rule over his nation. Rarely has a name been so apt...
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