Hussein reportedly said that after his violent son uday shot up a party, hussein taught him a lesson by burning a garage full of his sons rolls. Uday hussein was born in the city of tikrit in 1964. Dominic coopers turn as saddam hussein s son and his body double is watchable but this is violent, unsubtle stuff, finds peter bradshaw published. Though saddam hussein was hanged in 2006, details of this dictators reign are still coming to light up to this day. Saddam hussein, president of iraq from 1979 to 2003. They stood in the arena of jihad in mosul, after a valiant battle with the enemy that lasted six hours. According to the interrogation book of saddam hussein by john nixon, uday provoked the escape of hussein kamel and saddam kamel in 1995. Controversial topics like saddam hussein and his rise and fall require tons and tons of research before discussing, or even riskier, we unfortunately live in a world where everything is biased and impossible to understand from a clear perspective.
Saddam hussein once burned his son udays entire exotic. She is the oldest daughter of khairallah talfah, her husbands maternal uncle. Saddam hussein has 21 books on goodreads with 97 ratings. Uday was the eldest son of iraqs notorious autocrat proof that not only was saddam hussein a terrible man, but a terrible father as well. He was the second son of former iraqi president saddam hussein. His father, who was a shepherd, disappeared several months before saddam was born. Saddam hussein, the late president of iraq, wrote four novels and a number of poems. His constant struggle with the cia, for citizenship and a country to call home. Join facebook to connect with saddam hussein and others you may know. Jun 01, 2017 saddam hussein is led in shackles into an iraqi courtroom. When i learned that he was the man i had read about years beforethe one who was forced into being a body double for saddam hussein s evil oldest son, udayi was intrigued enough to read the book he had written about his ghastly experiences.
Sons of saddam documentary sons of saddam hussein full documentary latif yahia bang up abroad locked up abroad s06 e10 son of saddam. The devils double is based on the events told by latif yahiya. Beads of sweat ran down his forehead and behind his goldrimmed spectacles. Uday hussein is one of the sons of exiraqi president saddam hussein. Social and foreign affairs in iraq routledge revivals by saddam hussein 5. Brother of man who turned in saddams sons killed youtube.
Secrets of his life and leadership interview with said k. The sadistic lifestyle of eldest hussein son the globe. Baghdad uday hussein, the murderous and erratic oldest son of saddam hussein, controlled propaganda in iraq and allegedly oversaw the torture of athletes who failed to perform. The real story of the man who was forced to become the double of saddam hussein s sadistic son and i was saddam s son are donated to charity.
Something that the dictators son was going to exploit in future. He was considered a media tycoon, owning the voice of iraq radio station and the babil newspaper. He was a monster even by the standards of saddam husseins iraq. Jun 02, 2017 saddam hussein spent his final days listening to mary j blige and tending the garden in his prison, a book about the iraqi dictator claims a former guard has revealed that saddam had green. As an insider, yahia was eyewitness to the regimes brutality. Jul 23, 2003 and yet for all that uday saddam hussein symbolised the brutality of the iraqi regime, his powers were severely circumscribed. A few months later, saddam s older brother died of. Everyone remembers where they were during the september 11 attacks in new york. A very informative book that covers the rise and fall of saddam hussein. This original version, the one i read, is the autobiographical tale of latif yahya latif, the son of a wealthy baghdad kurdish businessman and schoolmate of uday saddam hussein, the outrageous son of thenpresident of iraq, saddam hussein. Saddam hussein is the most methodical arab leader of the 20th century.
An in depth and very open conversation with latif yahia about his life in iraq, his time with uday saddam hussein until the present day. With dominic cooper, ludivine sagnier, raad rawi, philip quast. Getty images during the summer and fall of 2006, saddam stood trial before the iraqi high tribunal, a court set up by americans and run. An unprecedented biography, drawn from the authors exclusive access to highranking defectors, intelligence officials, and even saddam s own relatives fully illustrated with photos from his early life to the present. The double of saddam husseins son latif yahia, karl wendl on. Saddam hussein skip to main search results amazon prime. Karl wendl when latif yahia, scion of one of iraqs wealthiest families, was summoned from the front in the iraniraq war to saddam husseins inner sanctum, the palace of the republic, he was given a choice.
Its said in this book that saddam made uday watch videos of torture and murder when the boy was only 7 years old. Abid hussan took one step inside the foulsmelling prison cell and began to shake. Saddam hussein spent last days listening to mary j blige. Hassan abd almajid, brother of hussein, had three sons. A month before the start of the war, iraqi president saddam hussein, seated right, chairs a meeting with highranking iraqi military officials, feb.
While cia analysts focused on the allegorical dimension of the novel, it is open to multiple interpretations like all genuine works of literature. Saddam hussein simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The first two books zabibah and the king and the fortified castle were written by he who wrote it, a traditional way in arabic writing to preserve anonymity. Dec 19, 2010 in time, the legacy of saddam hussein and his 30 years of brutality is likely to become part of a more detached debate in iraqs national consciousness, much like the discussions that took place. As seen on 60 minutes a shocking eye witness account. Photographs of saddam hussein s feared sons laid out in plastic body bags were released by the us today in a bid to convince sceptical iraqis that neither would follow their father into power. In the government of his father he served as chairman of the union of journalists, the olympic committee of iraq and the local football association. Saddam hussein abd almajid altikriti was born on april 28th, 1937 in alawja, a suburb of the sunni city of tikrit.
Saddam hussein was born on april 28, 1937, in tikrit, iraq. A member of the baath party, he fled iraq after participating 1959 in an assassination attempt on the countrys prime minister. Saddam hussein this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. The only way to understand the full evil of saddams regime is by living as one of saddams sons. Join the hunt for saddam husseins sons abandoned ferrari f40. If you enjoyed the video,dont forget to leave a like and share it with your friends. The sadistic lifestyle of eldest hussein son the globe and mail.
Uday saddam hussein altikriti was the eldest child of saddam hussein by his first wife, sajida. Its a powerful book with a serious message, yet it reads like an exciting, pageturner mystery. Saddam husseins most popular book is jak nakarmic dyktatora. Mr bardenwerper writes that saddam told a horrifying anecdote about the time his son, uday made a terrible mistake that left him very angry. Woman had rare insight into udays twisted world the irish times. Jun 02, 2017 saddam hussein spent his final days eating muffins, listening to mary j blige on the radio and tending to the garden of his baghdad prison. After saddam hussein s capture, john nixon, a cia analyst and hussein expert, went to work on asking the dictator just the right answers to identify him. The book highlights the few good works done under his regime in the initial days and. Why did you decide to spend so many years writing this book about saddam hussein. When he was defeated by kamel, he took out his gun and fired. Was there a link between saddam hussein and adolf hitler. Ali hassan almajid 19412010, secretary general of northern bureau of the baath party and along with his cousin saddam hussein was responsible for the genocide of thousands of kurds. Army where to find saddam hussein s sons, witnesses and mosul hospital officials said saturday. I was the devils double for saddam husseins barbaric son.
As the tabloidstyle title suggests, this book is filled with the sort of sensational. After a difficult childhood, during which he was abused by his stepfather and shuffled from home to home, he joined iraqs baath party at the age of 20. On a visit to iraq camille spent a night with uday hussein. Was a tyrant prefigured by baby saddam the new york times. It vividly describes how latif was forced to become uday husseins fidai bodydouble and gives a unique insight into the extreme extravagance and cruelty of the saddam regime. Uday was seen for several years as the likely successor to his father, but lost the place as heir apparent to qusay due to. This is exactly the type of life, latif yahya, an iraqi soldier, had the fortunate or unfortunate to live. Jun 05, 2017 during iraqi dictator saddam hussein s last days in captivity, he enjoyed the small pleasures in life, like tending a garden of weeds and turning up the volume on mary j. How true was the portrayal of saddam husseins son uday.
This question is addressed by one of the finest pieces of narrative journalism i have ever read. But none of them will tell that his tyrant reign and i. He was a school classmate of saddams own soon and they had similarities in facial features. While saddam hussein declared that his son uday hussein would go to trial for murder, gegeos parents and sajida begged that uday hussein be pardoned. Saddam hussein once burned his son s entire exotic car collection. People who often love saddam hussein will try to explain anything that he was painted evil by the west.
Mar 24, 2003 in the years since the assassination attempt saddam has tended to favor qusay as his successor. Jun 07, 2017 baghdad under saddam hussein had clearly become a largely unrecognizable place where overthetop cruelty was routine, writes bardenwerper, a former army ranger, in a book that is a brief, but. Returning to iraq in 1963 after the baathists briefly came to power. Uday husseins many vices and wanton sadism appalled even his. Saddam hussein is led in shackles into an iraqi courtroom. At the back row, from left, are hussein kamel, saddam kamel, his wife and saddam hussein s daughter rana.
Mar 19, 20 saddam hussein 1937 2006 saddam hussein was the fifth president of iraq. After an assassination attempt on udays life, larry garrett was. Saddams eldest son was hit by eight bullets in an attempted assassination at the. Saddam hussein once burned his son udays entire exotic car. Iraqi leader saddam hussein, center seated, is pictured with members of his family in 1990. As the bath party leader he was instrumental in the coup in 1968 and effectively held power from that time until formally becoming president in 1979. And yet for all that uday saddam hussein symbolised the brutality of the iraqi regime, his powers were severely circumscribed. A few targeted questions from nixon whose book hits stores dec. Jun 02, 2017 saddam hussein once burned his son s entire exotic car collection. The blood quran is a copy of the islamic holy book, the quran, claimed to have been written in the blood of the former president of iraq, saddam hussein, over the course of two years in the late 1990s. Husseins guards would sit and laugh with him when he told stories about punishing his son, uday, by setting all of his expensive sports cars on. Stuck in his personal prison, saddam hussein seemed a benign presence to his 12man band of u. Drunk uday went to kamels house where a party was being held and punched saddam kamel. Apr 26, 2003 the sadistic lifestyle of eldest hussein son.
Though it is a long piece, its bang for the buckboth in describing the man and also in articulat. In a separate attack on saturday, gunmen killed the brother of the man who told the u. The book is set in 7th or 8thcentury tikrit, husseins home town. In time, the legacy of saddam hussein and his 30 years of brutality is likely to become part of a more detached debate in iraqs national consciousness, much like the discussions that took place. It vividly describes how latif was forced to become uday husseins fidai. A chilling vision of the house of saddam hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of hussein s sadistic son. Saddam commissioned the book in 1997 on his 60th birthday, reportedly to give thanks to god for helping him through many conspiracies and dangers. Books by saddam hussein author of zabiba and the king. Saddam hussein sentenced to death, bbc world service, november 11, 2006. Latif yahias story behind the events depicted in the film has been questioned and there appears to be no proof that he had been hussein s double or even that he had had any connection. Although he retained the privileges of the muchindulged son of a.
After his sons death, saddam hussein recorded a tape and said, beloved iraqis, your brothers uday and qusay, and mustafa, the son of qusay, took a stand of faith, which pleases god, makes a friend happy, and makes an enemy angry. During his time as president, he might have killed more than a million people through war and genocide. Saddam also blamed the iranians for the 1996 assassination attempt on his son uday. The 45yearold shopkeeper pointed to the electric cables hanging from the ceiling where president saddam hussein s security police would torture him three times a day. Cia analyst john nixons grilling interrogation of saddam hussein. At the age of 20 he became a graduate of an engineering college in iraq. Getty images during the summer and fall of 2006, saddam stood trial before the iraqi. Saddam hussein revinathan 28 april 1937 30 december 2006 was the president of iraq, from july 16, 1979 to april 9, 2003, when he was removed from his position during the war in iraq led by the united states. A great example of this would be the book saddam hussein.
Rapes, killings and tortures were all in a days work for uday hussein, one of the most sadistic monsters the world has ever seen. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Now, xlibris releases the coming of the reichchild, an epic story by author j. When this author invited me to be his friend on goodreads, i checked his profile and then accepted. He was known in particular for his role in the iraniraq war and the persian gulf war. Uday hussein was the son of iraqi dictator saddam hussein. Cia analyst john nixons grilling interrogation of saddam. Much like his father, he had a reputation of being an awful person, including infamously torturing members of. One womans survival under saddam hussein by jean sasson, act of grace by anna krien, the iran. The black hole,the real story how the cia destroyed latif yahias life,author of i was saddam s son and the devils double after his escape to the west reveals the role of the american cia by latif yahia 20 nov 2006. He was appointed as his fathers heir apparent in 2000. Latif yahia meeting the son of saddam tairiscint postlethwaite.
Zabiba and the king appears to be a genuine attempt by saddam hussein to resolve some of the contradictions in his own nature and his political philosophy. She was played by shohreh aghdashloo in the bbc adaptation house of. Larry garrett, a chicago hypnotist, will never forget, since he was in saddam hussein s palace in baghdad with uday hussein, saddam s eldest son. Here in this timely biography, authors efraim karsh and inari rautsi, experts on middle east history and politics, have combined their expertise to write what is largely considered the definitive work of one of the centurys most reviled. Aug 03, 2011 i was the devils double for saddam husseins barbaric son uday. List of books and articles about saddam hussein online. Us releases photos of saddam sons world news the guardian. The author, who bore a remarkable resemblance to saddam husseins oldest son, uday, was pulled out of the front lines during the iraniraq war and transformed. Shortly afterwards, he was appointed chairman of the iraqi olympic committee and rector of the university of saddam. Over ten years after his armies were routed in desert storm, the world continues to deal with, and be persistently thwarted, by the menace of saddam hussein.
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