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In 1980, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein launched an invasion of Iran. One of the primary reasons was the 1979 Iranian Revolution, as Saddam feared its revolutionary ideology could spread to Iraq's Shiite-majority regions.
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He escaped an assassination bid in June 1981 during his address in a mosque. The bomb was hidden inside a tape recorder that exploded. In the incident, his right arm was paralysed. It was noted that ant-clerical opposition Forqan Group was responsible for the attack.
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The employer asked her to remove it because the Islamic head scarf would offend patients and he wanted to keep religion out of the office.
