| Obituary: Saddam Hussein |
| Victor Mallet / Financial Times December 30, 2006 |
| The former Iraqi dictator showed early promise as an administrator. But two disastrous wars against Iran and Kuwait and an increasingly ruthless rule of terror inflicted isolation and misery on his country. Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator who was hanged aged 69, was responsible for bringing untold suffering to his country |
