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Proposed new Saddam article

Here is a proposed new article on Saddam Hussein. I have removed large amounts of propaganda and irrelevance and included material on the 1990s which this article lacks. Comments are welcome. Proposed new Saddam Hussein article.

Posted by: Adam 14:52, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)

A high-grade commentator (probably the Sunday New York Times) is currently referring to him as "Mr. Hussein" (perhaps bcz of their style of referring to anyone but (last time i noticed) organized-crime figures as "Mr. ..."). I'm not going to suggest an exact wording, but i expect there's a small wording change lurking in there, that keeps us from claiming to be more authoritative than "the newspaper of record" and, more importantly, recognizes that there are more wrinkles in intercultural relations than are dreamt of in our philosophy. --Jerzy 06:09, 2004 Jan 9 (UTC)

There is a long history of discussion on the Talk pages and archives thereof about what to call him, many people thinking it racist and US-centric to call him Hussein. RickK 05:57, Feb 1, 2005 (UTC)