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To: Win Smith who wrote (36432)	8/7/2002 11:05:04 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

He's got a ways to go to match the longevity of the Pahlavi "dynasty". But he's already exceeded by all measures the brutality and outright plundering of his country's resources for his own benefit. And considering that the Shah's father died in exile in 1944, there was a period where the Pahlavi's were not in power. Saddam has actually been the most powerful man in Iraq since 1968, when he overthrew Arif's government. But he didn't actually assume total control over the Baathist party until 1979. That puts him in absolute power for over 23 years now, but really for more than 34 years, the same as Reza Pahlavis reign on the Peacock throne. Hawk