THE GULF WAR: The Home Front : Names: Baby Brothers
Jordanian native Salti Saleh says all he wants is peace, and that’s why he named his newborn son for President Bush. The baby, born recently at a Texas hospital, is now at home with his brother Saddam, 3, named after Saddam Hussein. “I just feel that it would be good to have Saddam and George Bush, who are ENEMIES, TO BE BROTHERS,” Saleh said. Saleh’s son Saddam, born in 1987, was named for the Iraqi president because he had then ended a 10-year war with Iran.
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