词汇 | butcher of baghdad |
词源 | Butcher of Baghdad. A nickname of dictator Saddam Hus- sein, president of Iraq from 1979 until 2003. Saddam went into hiding when U.S. and British forces invaded Iraq, but was found cowering in a hole in the ground. After a long trial he was con- victed of murder and hanged. |
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