who was king hussein?
President of Iraq
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 On 13 July , less than 2 weeks after the reorganization , King Faisal II of Iraq was assassinated in a coup orchestrated by pro @-@ Egyptian officers . The Christian president of Lebanon , pressured by Muslims to join Egypt and Syria in the Gamal Abdel Nasser @-@ led United Arab Republic , requested help from the Eisenhower administration during the 1958 Lebanon crisis . 

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 His appointment in September 1990 as Personal Representative of the UN Secretary @-@ General for Humanitarian Assistance Relating to the Crisis between Iraq and Kuwait required diplomatic finesse . Iraq 's President Saddam Hussein was deeply suspicious of the UN , and was loath to do anything that would benefit the country 's Shia Muslims . Despite this , Prince Sadruddin was able to successfully negotiate with Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz for the establishment of a UN relief program for tens of thousands of Shia Muslims trapped in worsening conditions in the marshlands of southern Iraq . 

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 Following recognition , Arafat established relationships with a variety of world leaders , including Saddam Hussein and Idi Amin . Arafat was Amin 's best man at his wedding in Uganda in 1975 . 

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 In the late 1960s , tensions between Palestinians and the Jordanian government increased greatly ; heavily armed Palestinian elements had created a virtual " state within a state " in Jordan , eventually controlling several strategic positions in that country . After their proclaimed victory in the Battle of Karameh , Fatah and other Palestinian militias began taking control of civil life in Jordan . They set up roadblocks , publicly humiliated Jordanian police forces , molested women and levied illegal taxes — all of which Arafat either condoned or ignored . King Hussein considered this a growing threat to his kingdom 's sovereignty and security , and attempted to disarm the militias . However , in order to avoid a military confrontation with opposition forces , Hussein dismissed several of his anti @-@ PLO cabinet officials , including some of his own family members , and invited Arafat to become Prime Minister of Jordan . Arafat refused , citing his belief in the need for a Palestinian state with Palestinian leadership . 

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 Saddam Hussein claimed that Aflaq had converted to Islam prior to his death – according to nameless Western diplomats . This claim was later disputed by nameless members of Aflaq 's own family - although Aflaq 's son Iyad confirmed that his father thought about conversion already in 1980 . Upon his disputed conversion he had taken the first name of Ahmad . According to the German orientalists Martin Robbe and Gerhard Höpp the conversion happened before 1988 . Even so , Aflaq was given an Islamic funeral . For the Berkley Center , Aflaq 's disputed conversion is considered by anonymous members of his family as a tool used by Saddam Hussein to disassociate Ba 'athism from Christianity . The tomb constructed on the orders of Hussein was later used by American soldiers after the 2003 American invasion of Iraq as a military barracks for troops stationed within the Green Zone . According to Aflaq 's family , the tomb was badly damaged during the invasion . 
