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...tortured relationships with his family, including, Post says, a suicidal mother who tried to abort him. Saddam's father died before he was born, and after his mother married a man who brutalized Saddam, the illiterate 10-year-old went to live with his maternal uncle Khairallah Talfah, an ardent nationalist and embittered former army officer who came out on the losing side during a 1941 struggle for power in Baghdad. It was then that Saddam's formative education began. Talfah spoon-fed the impressionable youth with his grudge against the West and his dreams of Arab glory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Saddam's Head | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

Then, during a Jan. 31 appearance on “Hardball” with Chris Matthews, he revealed that he had been a “lifelong Democrat” until very recently. When asked why he had become such an ardent supporter of President Bush’s war strategy, Miller gave a most rational, and un-Hollywood, answer. If he had to put his faith in George Bush or Saddam Hussein, Miller said, he’d choose Bush. This gets to the crux, really, of the problem that anti-war celebrities have encountered on the Iraq issue...

Author: By Duncan M. Currie, | Title: That's Just His Opinion | 3/12/2003 | See Source »

...rare to find both an ardent Islamist and a committed Ba'athist living under the same roof. Zaki could scarcely be more different from Muntaha. He speaks without a sense of bravado, and smiles wanly when his sister interrupts him with some pro-Saddam sloganeering. There's little in his bearing to suggest that he is patriarch of a family of 20, including three widowed sisters and 12 children. He is a calligrapher by trade and makes around 75,000 dinars a month. "I am poor in money," he says, shyly, "but thanks to God, I am rich in family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waiting to Kill Americans | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

...obviously very disappointed because it seems to me an irrational decision by the council,” said Roderick MacFarquhar, chair of the government department and one of tunnel’s most ardent supporters...

Author: By Alexandra N. Atiya and Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Tunnel Plans Axed After Year of Negotiation | 1/31/2003 | See Source »

...attack and probably won't until sufficient forces are in place, which could still take up to six weeks. "The President has said that he wants the inspectors to be able to do their jobs, to continue their efforts," said White House spokesman Ari Fleischer. Even the most ardent hawks sounded willing to give peace a chance. "I don't know why anyone would use the word inevitable," said Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. "It clearly is not inevitable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can This War Be Avoided? | 1/20/2003 | See Source »

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