1. Khairallah Talfah was an Iraqi military officer and Ba'ath Party official, and the maternal uncle and father-in-law of Saddam Hussein.
12 Facts About Khairallah Talfah
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Khairallah Talfah was the father of Sajida Talfah, Saddam's first wife, and of Adnan Khairallah, defense minister.
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Khairallah Talfah, a teacher and an Arab nationalist, was a member of the al-Jawwal society and later participated as an Iraqi Army Officer in the Army revolt of 1941 led by Rashid 'Ali Al-Gaylani against the Iraqi Royal institution supported by the occupying British forces.
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Khairallah Talfah was expelled from the army and spent six years in prison for his part in the revolt.
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Khairallah Talfah became the Governor of Baghdad in 1958, he became a member of the Higher Education and Scientific Research Council in 1972, and he served as head of the Civil Service Board from 1973 to 1982.
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Khairallah Talfah collected a considerable amount of wealth by using his influence as a close relative of both Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr and Saddam Hussein.
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Khairallah Talfah formed a retail and property organization which was widely known as the Khairallah Talfah Society.
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Khairallah Talfah headed the War Veterans Society.
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In 1940, Khairallah Talfah wrote an article titled "Three Things that God Should not have Created: Persians, Jews and Flies".
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Khairallah Talfah ordered the security service and the police force to spray paint the legs of any woman who was caught wearing short skirts, and he ordered them to tear the bell-bottom trousers which were worn by all males and females.
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Khairallah Talfah made a full recovery after a few weeks' stay in Rasheed Military Hospital Officers' Fracture ward.
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Khairallah Talfah had strong family ties with the highest Iraqi power figures:.