In the eyes of many Arabs, Saddam Hussein, the former dictator of Iraq, was a true leader who stood up to Western imperialism, the Israeli occupation of Palestine and foreign intervention in the region. But for most Iraqis, Saddam was a tyrant whose 25-year reign from 1979 to 2003 was marked by brutal authoritarianism,... read full story
"Saddam embodied the image of the strongman who stood up to the US, Israel, and Iran – all the traditional ‘baddies' in the [regional] narrative,"