Oh, so the guy's name is all of a sudden Saddam Husayn al-Tikriti??

[SaltBoy]

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How long has this been going on?

 

[Imported]

I wonder who else is in that deck of cards..

 

[Vic]

In English, Saddam Hussein from Tikrit (a city in Iraq).

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

It's probably his actual arabic spelled name, not the english "easier to pronounce" name. Sorta like Beijing and Peking.

 

[brunswickite]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy
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How long has this been going on?

for a long time, he was alaways "al tikrit"

its the village were he came from