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Sajida Talfah

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The Resume

    (June 24, 1937- )
    Born in Iraq
    Married Saddam Hussein (1958-2006)
    Mother of five, including Odai and Qusay Hussein
    Ranked 16th on the post-Saddam Iraqi government's list of most-wanted fugitives

Why she might be annoying:

    She is also Saddam's first cousin (the oldest daughter of his maternal uncle).
    She rarely appeared in public.
    Videos of her with Saddam and their children appeared on Iraqi media in the late 1980s to counter rumors that their marriage was in trouble.
    Despite her riches, she rarely paid full price for anything when she shopped.
    She was obsessed with appearing light-skinned, leading her to dye her hair blonde and to apply so much face powder that a woman who met her at a public function said she looked as if 'someone had thrown flour' on her.
    She reportedly encouraged Udai to murder Kamel Hana Gegeo, the bodyguard who had introduced Saddam to his second wife (1988).
    She fled to Switzerland at the start of Operation Desert Storm.
    She fled to Qatar before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
    She was rumored to have funded Sunni insurgents in Iraq using the money she took with her when she went into exile.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She had no say in the marriage, which had been arranged by hers and Saddam's parents when they were both ten.
    Saddam secretly and bigamously married Samira Shahbandar while remaining married to her (1986).
    Her brother, Adnan, died in a helicopter crash that may have been the result of a bomb planted on Saddam's orders to eliminate a potential political rival (1989).

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying