Saddam Hussein's Doctor Reveals The Man Behind The Tyrant

[@pezzonovante888]

Interviewer: How was it being Saddam's doctor? Saddam's Doctor: It was prettttyyyy, prettttyyyy, pretty good.

[@Mom-r1s]

😂😂😂😂

[@FormerVicePresidentDickVeiny]

Way underrated

[@FormerVicePresidentDickVeiny]

Excellent comment.

[@mikenaw4055]

All these people in the ehhh comments only speak ehh one language and are ehh making fun of this guy who is tri lingual smh

[@kevinwoodsofficial]

And to be fair, he clearly has a pretty bad cold, runny nose, etc. Imagine having to do an interview with man flu, you’d die 🙈😂

[@roomforthefiiixins2491]

Couldn't have said it better myself. The ignorance in the comments section is outrageous.

[@chitbitchara9510]

@@kevinwoodsofficial AAAAAAAÀ

[@tapiwakay]

@@roomforthefiiixins2491 typical muricans

[@Abuzahid150580]

These idiots! don’t even probably know why they even watching the video ....

[@fonziebulldog5786]

And USA is one country among others who have a BIG part in what has happened in the middle east for decades and the way it turned out to be in present day. There have always been shadows of grey between the white and black who often hides when its time for explaining.And meanwhile people suffer and die.

[@Garbeaux.]

USA is innocent! Pure and kind and generous to a fault.

[@dzibrelhakimi8119]

The real demon is USA

[@vadimnobel7199]

Larry David was Sadam's doctor?

[@FrankBoothPBR]

Saddam's health? Pretty pretty good.

[@sabrinefarjallah]

LMAO

[@subhamchoudhury1610]

Thats my first reaction 🤣

[@knowname584]

😂

[@sami2382]

exactly lol

[@at9048]

Despite how Sadam was portrayed by western media, we can't deny the fact he had Iraq under control.

[@at9048]

I'm not disputing his ways or defending him... just for the record I'm no Saddam fan. I can say Iraq and Middle East as a whole was a better place prior to this fake war. Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction and the West was fully aware of this.

[@hassasinali7979]

Terrorism couldnt breathe

[@varissavarissa6883]

Bit Man under control ( do not allowed USA do shit on them ) USA created ISIL to against him. 911 and Invented the nuclear weapons was the good game. We know many countries wanted to control Iraq and they supported USA. Bush gang deserved to go jail for all the crimes they did it, soldiers killed innocent people and leave a thousands with PTSD.

[@at9048]

@Cousin It this whole drama and war on terror is a big drama for the benefit of Greater Israel project... as for Saddam it was a smoke screen created by the West to destabilise middle east and again all for greater Israel project and steal resources ie oil

[@ActionableFreedom]

So did the moderate socialists and bathists before him and the king before them. His tyranny is not excusable by him holding the country together, though some level of control was probably needed.

[@davidarbogast37]

New drinking game: Take a drink every time Saddam's doctor says "Ehhhh" 🤣

[@maxrockatansky1271]

i would be black out drunk by now and i am only 7 minutes in.

[@danswon]

it is insufferable

[@Bjcrypto545]

I love the Doctor's ehh.. Ehhhh. Legendary ehhh😂

[@BearAnkles]

Uhhh

[@JB-mg8pe]

I was f'd up in 17 seconds and I was only drinking wine coolers.

[@thembanimgenu190]

Am sure this guy is and was a brilliant medic, such an artist and a beautiful story teller.

[@M.sami12]

@Ron Eldrige He is not a native english speaker and he is old. Your filthy attitude shows your backward mentality.

[@matildadhumxoxo5801]

……yeah. Story teller.

[@yojan9238]

From what the doctor said, I understand that Saddam do trust Shi'i and he was not into religious clash with the Shi'i, it's pure political. And I really agreed by what the doctor said. That Saddam was the face of the people of Iraq, like being said by Prophet Muhammad PBUH, what I understand the meaning is, "Your leader is the reflections of you". So, Iraqis got so much to do to change for the better.

[@juancarlosroth9977]

He looked sincere and intelligent to me, and his paintings are gorgeous,

[@VinnyVincenzoYo]

@Gagan Deep this was from 2004 but he has COVID? Lol

[@PianoGesang]

@@VinnyVincenzoYo COVIID's been around for a long time

[@TehUltimateSnake]

@Gagan Deep I miss when we called it the cold or the flu.

[@embracethesuck1041]

Dictators tend to pick the best and brightest to take care of them.

[@realdaybreaker8013]

@@VinnyVincenzoYo you know what - he's 89 and still alive

[@alimeran7442]

this doctor made first surgery of returning an amputated hand back to its normal state in iraq , he is a figure in plastic surgery till this day in iraq

[@zigguratjones6458]

wtf

[@sabrinefarjallah]

@@zigguratjones6458 wtf wrong with you The comment is clear

[@renataostertag6051]

Wow! He must be such a gifted person to be able to do that.

[@k.k8791]

He is?

[@dutchdna]

He is a genius.

[@saulalifi8262]

Saddam is such an enigma. He seemed like a nice guy in conversation. He was against religious extremism, and he protected religious minorities. At the same time he literally let his kids literally get away with rape and murder, and he was like Hitler when it came to ethnic-cleansing of Kurds.

[@dommidavros2211]

I think he suffered trauma which affected him and left him a split personality!

[@M.sami12]

He did not protect any minority. He would murder anyone who opposed him regardless of faith.

[@LoyalOpposition]

I don't want to defend the guy, but treason is punishable by death anywhere (re: Kurds). Things are much worse now - especially women and minorities.

[@Oranjee1089]

hitler? what an insult to holocaust victims. the Kurdish leaders courted Saddam in the run up to the Kurdish civil war

[@sereysothe.a]

protected religions minorities? I have many family friends who are shia iraqis whose entire families (including extended families) were slaughtered during the 93 uprising

[@johnyepthomi892]

The paintings are amazing! I liked what he said at the end.

[@Chris-ih6jv]

This dude is a real O.G ... treasure trove of stories

[@Evelynlouise089]

I’m 31 now. I was young when Iraq got invaded but I remember watching the statue being pulled down and believing it was a great thing for the people. I’ve grown now and understand things a lot better. He was a horrible man who like most ‘leaders’ only cared what he could get out of the country and not his people but.. Iraq then and Iraq now are night and day. It got me thinking what would of been better for the people? He needed to go he was evil, what should have happened after he was gone? Also is there any hope for those countries now. What could be done to make them great again? Are they beyond help. If u read this looong comment thanks 😂 it’s a genuine question I’m not bashing

[@alexandreanjou8409]

Hello. I'm 44 now. Do you still want to know how to help these people?

[@SuperKINGXON]

Let me start by saying that I am an actual Iraqi from the south (Basra). And I would certainly say that the country has great potential. I can see it becoming just like any other advanced gulf Arab country (i.e. UAE, Qatar, Kuwait etc) if not more... If and only if security stabilizes... This country has been a conflict zone more than any other country in human history. Conflict that has sent the country back to the stone ages. Once security gets under control, and the infrastructure gets rebuilt, it can be a great hub in the middle east... Fundamentally it ticks every box... This is proven by what ancient Iraq have accomplished some thousands years ago

[@dripstar6183]

@@SuperKINGXON I’m also Iraqi, and I can tell you.. that there’s a world of issues in Iraq right now, mostly due to the corrupt leadership... Iraq used to have one ‘dictator’ but now they have hundreds of dictators.

[@SuperKINGXON]

@@dripstar6183 it's not about dictators, it's about competence. The leadership in Iraq right now may not be competent enough to handle such extraordinary circumstances that no other country faces. Therefore the mission to reforming the country and getting it back to its feet requires strong allies that can watch its back. Iraq leaders unfortunately chose unstable and weak allies to begin with which has spiraled the country into the mess we see today. Leaders in Iraq need to put thier emotions and beliefs aside and start thinking logically of how to strengthen the nation on all side in way possible. It should become a smoother ride as things pick up (with backing of a strong Allies of course in case of any threat) its simple really

[@dripstar6183]

@@SuperKINGXON that is true I agree with that... but most of the leaders in Iraq right now are Iran puppets who are serving Iran... they pilfered an estimated 1.7 trillion dollars (according to the U.S ~ Pompeo) sent it to Europe so their families could live in nice mansions very comfortably from national resources... they haven’t built 1 thing for the country... and I challenge any Iraqi to say that they have provided 1 extra thing for Iraq... all the infrastructure right now in Iraq was built by the Saddam government. The only thing extra thing that they provided is they let people slash and whip themselves and their kids in public for some b.s religious ceremony which Saddam banned as he called it “uncivilised”.. thats the only thing they changed in the country lol.

[@solomonivere2967]

Full of wisdom, not the kind that talks a lot but get the job done

[@darrell3643]

Man that guy can really play that horn at the beginning.

[@OG_BlackBazooka]

😂😂😂

[@ernestogeorge4473]

Lol 😂 he has to or else 😅 death 💀

[@chrisschenk1495]

I'm pretty sure that was a KAZOO......... and that fits piece of camel crap just fine.......

[@darrell3643]

@@chrisschenk1495 I'm pretty sure that you know where you can shove that HORN there Schenk.

[@sylvesterjohnfernandes4121]

Mr Darrell, Even for the Marriage's the Iraqi's citizens play the Horn..I should know as I was employed in Old Baghdad For more then 4 yrs.. Two yrs during the Iran-Iraq War..& later after the War ended & Iraq started rebuilding their country till the Iraqi's launched an an Attack after midnight in Kuwait..in the morning after they took over the Kuwait city I heard fire crackers sounds on the streets.when an fellow employee informed me that they have taken controlled of Kuwait

[@mdungethulile]

The dr looks like the guy from “curb your enthusiasm”

[@MusicPlaylistGuru]

Yeah Larry David without spectacles

[@averydaymond1560]

Christ The redeemer That's him, he gets around.

[@supagoon8]

Christ The redeemer lmaooooo

[@zirak93]

hahah, actually he does

[@Harir8493]

Christ The redeemer have you seen the wrong turn film, just like the scary one

[@fijianz1]

In a country where there are many feuding nationalities a leader has to be cruel to be kind as you see what has happened to Iraq without strong leadership. The biggest problem is what the British did when they carved up the middle east and Asia splitting nations and tribes on both sides of borders which has led to violence all around.

[@darthsebio1726]

Dictators(strong leaders) always find ´´arguments ´´ for cruelty...

[@barlas8108]

British introduced betting on cock fights and dog fights also which is.popular in the region

[@lanaofficiel4042]

Exactly, 💯 percent CORRECT.

[@ekesandras1481]

the British didn't place the ethnic and religious groups to where they live now and have been living for the past few hundred years. And geographically it makes sense to form one state out of the former Mesopotamia. If you would create a Kurd state in the North, a Sunni State in the middle and a Shia state in the South, you would have three economically unviable states, two of them landlocked. Those states would be easy prey to more powerful neighbours like Turkey or Persia. And what about the other smaller ethnic groups, the Assyrian Christians, the Yessidis, etc. ... they still wouldn't have their own state and be suppressed minorities. Blaming everything on the British and the borders that were drawn after WWI is cheap.

[@josedess8823]

The worst thing on this earth is when some people think and play the God Game were ever and who ever they ARE.

[@-KillaWatt-]

Absolute power intoxicating.

[@jugni0019]

European bankers, Rothschilds, jp Morgan, Rockefeller

[@love_justice_mercy]

24:26 - 25:48 - Brilliant statistical analogy.

[@paulboyle5659]

This guy looks very open and intelligent, if you watch this interview a few times you may learn a lot about how Saddam and his regime actually thought. Unfortunately, some people think he is weak and only notice his runny nose .

[@HYPEnaLodi]

We can learn a lot in this document.. Get what is positive and leave what is not useful to us. Be open minded

[@sal2975]

Some people do that with Hitler and the Nazis

[@alexanderlarsen5641]

They should make a movie about the life of this man ASAP!

[@neptunevibe]

Man I remember the song at the beginning.. Huge hit back then. Was played everywhere from spring break parties to beheadings....

[@codependent864]

It's good, could you tell me its name to listen it fully? Thanks

[@ANGELSURS]

Call to prayer fusion by Baghdad's own Kenny G

[@azforu29]

The Erosion of Sanity. Gorguts. Such a good tune. Drank my first severed head blood to it. Danced around in a turbin WITH Neil Turbin while playing Turbingraphx 16.

[@jiteshsharma8306]

Parties to beheadings, well that escalated quickly 😁

[@ocap288calist8]

Actually cannibals invented it before they munched on their children

[@Nelle984]

His Son Ude has always been the cause of Sadam's problems

[@M.L5891]

He was right. All Iraqis and many none Iraqis still do like and love him!

[@thekraken4886]

I dont

[@chrishandsome4267]

That’s what’s wrong with y’all

[@chrishandsome4267]

@DUSTY the CAT how is a hero exactly? I'll wait

[@chrishandsome4267]

@DUSTY the CAT answer the question weirdo

[@chrishandsome4267]

@DUSTY the CAT you can't even spell or read write. how was a he a "HAIRO"? You can't even answer the question. You're slow huh.

[@DIYMindset]

Obviously people are scared of the truth. This video has not been too popular.

[@omaewamoushindeiru4329]

That snake dream was interesting, maybe it was a sign of things to come

[@forgottenpixel]

First off, thank you as always for a great documentary. But could you work on balancing out your audio? It's quite annoying to have the music blasting so loud I turn down the volume, but once someone starts talking I have to turn it back up because it's too quiet. Just a suggestion!

[@Prestonesfpv]

Now that is one beautifull painting he sits in front of

[@AbdulAli-ku9he]

May God bless this kind Doctor.

[@shahrilzainolabidin]

This guy looks very honest & intelligent to me. Apart from his medical skills, his paintings are top-notch too... what a man

[@mikecarone7320]

This guy must have been one hell of Doctor 22 years and Saddams paranoia never killed him and his family

[@Lobo-Lobo]

It's all about the tranquilizer baby:)

[@takismail]

@@molomomo3743 so say we all, so true and so Sad :(

[@Kinghassz]

mohammed the legend i think we muslims should unite especially shias and sunnis, muslims are like something like 57 countries, thats to much were to divided and weak, we should unite, in my opinion turkey and iran should unite through iraq including iraq, syria, azerbaijan and fix ties a bit between muslim shias and sunnis and get nukes as deterants and bring back the caliphate with both sunni and shia included in places of power

[@giovannicano2889]

Saddam Hussein wasnt paranoia

[@renataostertag6051]

@@giovannicano2889 He sure was not! He was a great leader that was so wronged. The embargo that the USA/UK etc. put on him killed close to a million children and two million adults. It was genocide.

[@Ishraqkhaled]

Notice a lot of stupid comments! The one who mocks Dr. Alaa Bashir’s language that it is his second language after Arabic. He is a plastic artist and a first-class surgeon .. At least he speaks more than one language, but he who makes fun of him only speaks one language! When you criticize, make your criticism objective and scientific .. As for otherwise, it will make you look foolish My words are for everyone who bully here. ✌🏼👊🏼

[@jacoblitchfield2527]

I hate it because this Doctor in a 30 Min Interview (And his book, Which is fantastic) really does actually describe the Psychology of Dictators better than anybody I have ever seen, better than Albert Speer's description of Hitler, Khruschev description of Stalin or Li Zhishui description of Mao. But the dumbshits here are more focused on the "Ehh" and Larry David jokes. The story about the Saddam Paintings are symbols of "how much people love me", "Their replacement is twice as bad as the person I replaced", and "This is normal for Iraq", show the twisted alternate universe Dictators live in, how Westerners have no clue what they are doing (note: I am not saying something should not be done regarding dictators, im saying that you should know your enemy better) and his analysis shows that as much as we want to blame one singular person for this, when the entire system is rotten, it effects everybody.

[@mitto20]

@Ishraq Khaled Well said 👍.

[@arashghasemi]

I can say that this doctor is a very good and honest person.

[@Ahmed-vw3iw]

But many Arabs support Iraqi regime of Saddam blindly by ignoring the crimes they did against Civilians...killing innocents is not allowed under any circumstances, it's 2nd biggest crime in Islam after Shirk.

[@DotaHelm]

@@Ahmed-vw3iw ye what is Shirk?

[@genderneurtalfrog5103]

@@Ahmed-vw3iw America was killing civilians before they even decided to use the war as a front of their ultimate goal of getting the oil which hussein didnt want to give over or use the u.a dollar , every theatre of the world has different cultures , religions and how they do things , who is one country to dictate that ? When no one else was making a fuss ? Good British and American soldiers died from twisted politicians lies once again

[@dripstar6183]

@@Ahmed-vw3iw what are you talking about??? I’m Iraqi, and I can tell you that most of the allegations were fake for the means of pushing the war agenda and moving public opinion. Tell me about one of the so called crimes you heard about on TV and I’ll tell you why it’s B.S!

[@ORL-HNS]

@@dripstar6183 Half a million Faili Iraqi citizens were deported to Iran from 1970 to 1980 without any crime, just because they differed nationally and sectarianly with the regime, and the person speaking with you is one of the sons of this part of the Faili people. Most of us are from the simple class, and there are many doctors, engineers and artists who have been deported in a hideous and inhumane way. I have relatives who talk about the atrocities that were inflicted upon them when they happened. This is one of the inhumane crimes of the regime. 20000 young men were taken as hostages to start a war With Iran because the regime considers Faily a non-Iraqi citizen

[@koshikner]

3:26 R.I.P. poor little cat 🐈

[@eliw3261]

Why was the cat crying?

[@sveinsigurdgismarvik4445]

How could this silent, smiling man been so xtremely brutal?

[@Wolf-xu1fj]

2:16 few people got close to the Iraqi dictator. but the Americans got really close

[@greenjupiter]

😂😂

[@wilcoxwilcox3272]

Saddam Hussein is an angel in comparison to the any of the "leaders" of the United States.

[@رياضعلي-ص6ش]

You did not live under his regime. .I lived under sadam rule and he is pure evil

[@Nabu5]

@@رياضعلي-ص6ش as evil as the militia groups in charge of Iraq since 2003?

[@littlebitofthisandthat9042]

Arabs need someone like Saddam because that is who most of them are. You cannot take someone like Theresa May and make her run that country!

[@jupitorious7925]

Absolutely Pence is an awful person, dangerous Christian fool

[@stanleyhood4343]

@@رياضعلي-ص6ش Sorry to hear that you Iraqis been and still are going through so much. I wonder what would happen if all Iraqis, regardless 9f religion, would sincerely be will for and asked God to take over Iraq. How about forgetting tribe and becoming loyal to God?

[@maxrockatansky1271]

listening to him go ehhhhh every few seconds kept me watching.

[@augustwest6637]

Ehhhhhhhh, That comment right there gets the funniest comment award of the month my friend

[@Doland_trump99]

🤣🤣🤣 ROFL

[@mikenaw4055]

Every one those dumbasses that only speak one language don't understand how hard a formal interview is. Guys a mf doctor and tri lingual smh

[@Doland_trump99]

@@mikenaw4055 god!! Relax man take a chill pill

[@hrush437]

Well, his ehhh is equivalent to ummmm, we Americans do :)

[@viccaguicla8736]

People of Iraq suffered so much for the stupidity of former regime Saddam the Slaughterer.

[@jaajaarogers9101]

I think USA gov push him to do bad as they have been doing from day one then use all that to get him hanged for war crimes Arab leaders love to impress white Supremacy leaders Saddam messed up in his power killing is own people and neighbours too but USA Government have a huge roll in this should be hanged too

[@art.demirjian9721]

Very educational interview!

[@PianoGesang]

ehhh yes

[@Drhumbolt]

I would like to watch this again with subtitles. Plz thx.

[@plipogamez3173]

Do you have a hearing disorder?

[@An6eLicPrincess]

You should have that option on youtube .i think you need a smartphone .

[@ahmadalzhyri2792]

If you could not understand him , than something is wrong with your ability to understand English...it must be very weak

[@Drhumbolt]

@@plipogamez3173 Burp

[@Drhumbolt]

@@ahmadalzhyri2792 have a good day

[@afzalhussain7860]

This doctor is currently working with us in Doha, Qatar, making photos and other things

[@alikasim9627]

Wow where can I find more about him???

[@MrFukyootoob]

The noises this guy makes between words are crazy

[@funkyflights]

MrFukyootoob .... Try speaking there language and see if you have pauses or noises ...

[@AliG8torGamers]

How did you notice it

[@lindonberishaj8096]

He have the flu

[@damienholland9244]

How many languages do you speak?

[@willatwood]

I do speak 3 different languages and still don't make the noises this guy makes. The original poster of this comment is right about these noises, it's like he's a live remix of his own words.

[@sensupradip]

Very true Doctor. An absolute truth. Thank you so much 👍👏👌❤️🙏

[@27neverlose]

This is the best interview describing Saddam. when he said aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa then told us aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa the most reveling part was when the doctor described aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@27neverlose]

@Guy Davis So true, it was annoying to watch....

[@jacobfrost2229]

Try learning a second language

[@27neverlose]

@@jacobfrost2229 Not to sure that knowing a second language would help me better understand long periods of aaaaaaaaaaaaa in between sentences.

[@jacobfrost2229]

@@27neverlose no, English is his second language so that's why he make the ahhhhhs and if you actually learned a second language you'll have some sympathy and won't be so annoyed.

[@27neverlose]

@@jacobfrost2229 I don't watch documentaries to see if I will have sympathy towards a person who speaks English as a second language. That statement is foolish at best and quite annoying ...

[@adrianvandervalk6734]

iraq and libya they will suffer untill end of the world .because they lost best president in the world. look now where is iraq .where is libya.

[@bertisuesymons8784]

I wonder how much pressure he was under to be his doctor?? Can you imagine If he would have something the doctor could not fix?

[@MohamedAhmed-uu7mp]

Let me tell you how that was working : There was small beautifully designed hospital in nice part of Baghdad , Karradat Marrium, which was exclusively for “the leadership “, Avi Sina hospital (mentioned in the interview) Doctors from different specialties where chosen to be those who would be called when needed and according to their specialties As a very young trainee surgeon it did happens to me I found myself one day in 1978 in Avi Sina hospital as the oncall resident doctor (one doctor works at different days) and heared Uday , Saddam’s son having an operation to remove his inflamed appendix Surgeons who did the operation used to work in Medical City What made Dr Alaa more prominent that other I believe is that part of the super ego of Saddam is to show his interest in arts (especially when it turned out the two persona of Dr Bashir turned one ) Said that , and as medical student taught by Dr Alaa , even as student and before the art side of him became know I wasn’t impressed by some of his manners But he is good soul

[@yayavanchipalam9281]

He failed to correct his mistake after the Iran war, the Kuwait invasion, after all these debacles he lost millions of Iraqi soldiers, civilians and national infrastructure disasters. He continued with his tyrant and challenged the western world.

[@charlieyellowstone8248]

Who bombed Iraq with depleted uranium and put sanctions on them that killed half a million children? Who did that?

[@CrazyforCruiser]

I wonder how many Iraqi Shias supported Saddam because after his fall I saw that most of Iraqi Shias hated him.

[@georgiebungle2252]

Iraqi shias are shi ite !

[@YA-nc6yl]

Georgie Bungle Your mom

[@reallyhappenings5597]

Everyone feared him.

[@ivanalick5319]

@@georgiebungle2252 8

[@supra1722]

It's a lie. Iraq was secular and his cabinet ministers were shia, even foreign minister. Vice president was Christian. Only khomeinist shias and pro western bourgeoisie business minded capitalist shias were against him.

[@verkauf9310]

I tend to understand the Dr when he asserted that a leader of Iraq will become like Saddam. Let's look at the oil wealth in ME and ask if democratic systems are even possible? Greed is inevitable and could turn the humblest person into a ruthless leader to gain respect and favor from those demanding investors. It is a business and it will be protected at any cost. Unfortunately!

[@aiai8479]

Democratic systems wont work these are nations that shouldnt exist in any case the majority will opress the minority or maybe give themselves advantages over the minoritys

[@GARYINLEEDS]

Thanks for sharing, shared.

[@CactusClai]

According to CIA files Sadam had at least 30 lookalikes that were always in circulation in his daily life routines. Nobody actually know anything about him. I’ve seen a program years ago about him. Some CIA official stated that he was the most difficult person to murder!

[@mitto20]

Probably this doctor was the plastic surgeon to make look alike.

[@angshusarma8331]

Aaa yes, we believe the CIA and whatever America says...

[@ba2u9]

@@manofsorrow4785 I do believe the not really intelligent agency...huhu 😙

[@the_local_bigamist]

I've heard that that notion that there were a load of Saddam lookalikes was complete BS, and this comes from the first CIA analyst to have interrogated the man after his capture. The man's name was John Nixon - he wrote a book on the interrogation, how the CIA lied, how the president and the whole administration lied and how so much of the "intelligence" around Iraq and Saddam was fabricated or at least faulty. We know that the 2 given reasons for the invasion were based on lies: 1) that he was building an elaborate WMD programme and 2) that he was harbouring Al Qaeda. The kinds of things that people are willing to believe from the media because it came from an "intelligence source" never ceases to amaze me.

[@allenkemp3124]

27 minutes of video... 20 minutes of uhhhhhhhhh

[@famousbowl9926]

I do the same when translating to English i get it lol..

[@salmy2000]

And you stayed to the end

[@abdulkhadermohammad3981]

I bet you can’t even “babble” properly in his language (Arabic), while he speaks English pretty fluently.

[@Known-unknowns]

People shouldn’t lead a country for more than 10 years, it isn’t good for them mentally. It’s too much, they burn out. Democracies don’t do it, we swap leaders for a new person full of energy . There’s plenty of people in a country who can lead it , why stick with the same old worn out guy?

[@D42n8guy]

Uhhhhh, uhhhhhh, uhhhhh, iiiii uhhhhh, and uhhhhhhh, uhhhhhhhh uhhhhhhh Homie needs a doc himself!!

[@onemanbandbrady]

Great man ,god bless him honest artist

[@estatuadechozo]

0:05 *great standards of living*

[@gabirican4813]

Political comments pro-, or con- aside, it's a fascinating story, and it's interesting to see the common elements with other similar people in history, poor family background, the struggle for power, probably even some good intentions initially, then the ending as it was.

[@daraa151]

Gabi Rican Yeah apparently al Pacino was a nice guy

[@alib3148]

Great story, it’s sad that it’s not fictional

[@stevengreidinger8295]

The doctor thinks that Sadaam was corrupted over a period of many years, but the facts contradict this idea. Sadaam came to power as a much younger man while senior in the security apparatus. At that time, at a large meeting of Baath party officials, he had a number of them he didn't like escorted out and killed to consolidate his power. He was always a killer.

[@unconquered898]

You're looking at this from a western perspective. To keep peace in our countries, being ruthless is a requirement. To take action in a publicly cruel manner is almost a must to keep power and unity in the nation.

[@stevengreidinger8295]

@@unconquered898 Powerful court systems can be seen as acting in a publicly cruel manner in order to deter corruption, violence and theft. Powerful inspectors general and prosecutors aid in this process so that some people who would engage in corruptioin are deterred, merely due to the threat of an investigation. Meanwhile, effective human resources processes weed out may bad apples from leadership positions, while members of The Press call out corporate and government greed and incompetence. The West relies on such powerful, yet limited, institutions to avert abuse and corruption.

[@stevengreidinger8295]

@@unconquered898 At a certain point, nations should transition from relying on "strong men" to keep the peace, and instead evolve strong civic institutions.

[@unconquered898]

@@stevengreidinger8295 You don't understand the Arab mind and history clearly. Look at Iraq after Saddam's death, he predicted all of it. Look at Libya after Gaddafi's death. It simply doesn't work. The Arab countries that avoided civil war and remained united are the countries with monarchs, Morocco and the gulf countries.

[@stevengreidinger8295]

@@unconquered898 I find your point of view interesting, and worthy of discussion. Isn't Kemal Ataturk the better role model, though? Shouldn't the founder of a nation maintain tolerance of minority groups within the country? Eventually, he saw that he wasn't the answer to every question, either, and established systems and processes which would've eventually lead to his replacement.

[@mojoetrex]

He had two personalities , one as a passionate human being and the other of a leader in a vicious region and a troubled world.

[@aa898246]

dude he literally was gassing civilians and targeting kurds.. the guy is literally arab hitler.

[@AmusingMusic]

@@aa898246 Calling him arab hitler is a little bit too far, but yes what he did in halabja, whether he regretted it or not was horrible and unforgivable. However, we should not discredit his work as a president and how much progress Iraq achieved under the socialist baath party.

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

@@aa898246 problem is without a ruthless dictators these countries just descend into chaos

[@Ali-ib5in]

@@AmusingMusic he was worse than hitler.

[@AmusingMusic]

@@Ali-ib5in Lol you’re delusional

[@TedBackus]

im fully aware of the crimes laid at his feet. i lived through the 80's & 90's to see it, but ive always respected Saddam. You have to respect a man who makes something. The same way i have respect for Kim il Sung, I dont hold the same respect for Kim jong il, or kim jong un. Kim il Sung was a communist, which i dont respect or agree with, but i respect that he built & worked for his people. Sadly the cult of personality that was created, fed his sons power without question, which only shows the greatness of Kim il Sungs person. I respect Saddam the same way, his kids not at all.

[@Kim_Jong_Un_2023]

Why me

[@brownwestbrook9577]

@@Kim_Jong_Un_2023 😂😂😂😂

[@westofthewicky2960]

@@Kim_Jong_Un_2023😂😂😂

[@mdrezwanjafri7048]

This Doctor needs to see a doctor for running nose and cough.. he's having cold and flu...

[@soulminds]

Md Rezwan Jafri 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jamie310880]

Coca is good for interview

[@wongjamir243]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Mooshm79]

He had covid

[@supatotenkopf88]

Supervspreader

[@rudykadous4005]

He's not telling the truth about the embargo and government... he would never have the cahonas to say that to saddam ever

[@ina3er]

Saddam Was unforgettable hero 🇮🇶 God Bless HIM

[@johnwalsh3635]

He was a mass murderer.

[@Nebuchadnezzar18]

@@johnwalsh3635 I mean in your world he was. Not everyone lives in your world. I lost 2 relatives in the Iraq Iran war. My entire family left the country after 2003 some killed some kidnapped. Like him or hate him. We had a society that was secular and progressive compare to the rest of the middle east. Now were at a semi theocracy and tribal society. We have mafias, drug cartels, human, sex, trafficking, slavery, terrorism, and what ever bad elements you can think of. We know he was a dictator but he was an Iraqi problem. I assure you the house of cards that was established after 2003 will fall. Nothing foreign lasts in Iraq. Ohh and Oil will be nationalized again.

[@johnwalsh3635]

@@Nebuchadnezzar18 I have no interest in Iraq at all, or in Iran for that matter. However, gassing a hundred thousand Kurds was not a very friendly thing to do. It seems to be impossible for majority muslim countries to evolve into liberal democracies. Perhaps that is why muslims prefer to live in christian heritage societies.

[@RedactedFreePress]

Naser Dehgan-does Iraq truly miss his leadership?

[@RedactedFreePress]

Nebuchadnezzar-does Iraq truly miss his leadership?

[@MrFukyootoob]

He said "eehhhhh" 1157 times, I counted, you're welcome

[@chinchinchokhlei]

Wow

[@thehogereviewer]

1256

[@dripstar6183]

You sir, need a job!

[@TehUltimateSnake]

@@dripstar6183 he should be an accountant!

[@alidia5394]

This was my doctor as kid.

[@tigerbalm6465]

Same here

[@FordSierraIS]

​@@tigerbalm6465m2

[@samuelmatthews9092]

@ 12:04 his garments look German Inspired... almost like Lederhosen und Tyrolean

[@urbanrider403]

I met this guy,he’s an artist living in the UK,.

[@dripstar6183]

May I ask where in the UK you met him?

[@urbanrider403]

@@dripstar6183 university of Leicester,he was exhibiting his paintings.

[@dripstar6183]

@@urbanrider403 thanks for responding dude!! Much appreciated!

[@urbanrider403]

No probs,why did you ask ?

[@dripstar6183]

@@urbanrider403 I’m from an Iraqi heritage myself and always interested meeting with the Iraqi community in the UK to network, I attended some lectures in the past and want to be actively meeting with them, that is why I asked.

[@itsa-itsagames]

@6:40 it only took 2 wars because Bush was mandated by the UN to kick Saddam out of Kuwait....the US, along with its allies could have taken him out then and there. Would've been messier but thats war

[@ramatgan1]

This is interesting but from reading his book I'm off the mind that he was not as close to Saddam Hussein as he actually portrays.

[@AwesomesMan]

Why do you think that?

[@mitto20]

Probably while jotting down, expression didn’t come in.

[@nickm7911]

6:57 Why are they dragging the head of the statue and hitting its face??

[@marwanamr97]

It's Saddam's face.

[@robboy102]

Saddam Was a great leader and all religious groups specially Christians were protected by him.

[@WindDancer435]

You are truly delusional.

[@littlebitofthisandthat9042]

Saddam was a legend. Where are the legends now? Islamic State? Al Qaeda?

[@Emmet72]

Someone get this guy some Flonase.

[@andyaim4764]

The winners always dictate who the monsters are....

[@RandomPerson-cl4fr]

well put!

[@sharefactor]

@@RandomPerson-cl4fr NOT well put, at all! Saddam was a monster, even he would have won. Stalin won WW2 but was still a paranoid monster. Genghis Khan won a lot of wars but still was a genocidal monster. You two are a shame for intellectual thought.

[@williammckenzi5885]

You think America has not killed millions of people we kill more people than Hitler with wars

[@mrcocoloco7200]

You do know he murder his own people and let his older son do what he wants to the Iraqi people. You are very smart I see.

[@mrcocoloco7200]

@@RandomPerson-cl4fr No not well put. Just Ignorance

[@SouthWestCarpHunter]

Very interesting insight

[@cameron93387]

How ironic that God put the idea of invading Kuwait in saddam’s mind and then Jesus put the idea of invading Iraq in W‘s mind!🥶😅

[@danialibraham1837]

Is this a fucken game of dominos 🤣

[@german3306]

The iraki people paid a big price for their dancing when the americans came to their country , especially the shaytan woreshippers

[@PantonePapi]

The way this guy groans between words. Sounds like he’s being crushed 😂

[@zerofox7347]

It is irritating a lot of people seem to do it on TV. The guy obviously has a cold as well which isn't the best time to give an interview.

[@Makgeulli]

🤣🤣

[@LoyalOpposition]

Sounds like he's got COVID

[@jamshidkhan]

Good documentary

[@spacelion6318]

Wasn't he" hero " during the war with Iran...so what happened?

[@celestian1000]

Turned into the devil. But was always evil. Corruption kept him in power.

[@twiggehtwi]

@Rajiv Kothari History is important, stop trying to make the internet your own little echochamber.

[@renataostertag6051]

The Embargo that USA/UK etc. forced onto Iraq and killed millions of Iraqis. A million children amongst them.

[@twiggehtwi]

​@Rajiv Kothari A lot of leaders in the world is considered murderers and pigs by it's or others people.History is important to record and never be forgotten.

[@jasmeethanjra174]

At end what he mentioned was so true everywhere around the world. People take democracy as granted. It takes generations and much more to reach at it's functional state.

[@BigPaPaRu]

He was a good guy. People dont realize that shit is different in other parts of the world. It just is.

[@betsybabf748]

LMAO. No, using your daughter's trust to trick her and slaughter her husband as watch your own grandbabies grieve, traumatized and lose trust in all humans is the same evil for all humans and regions of the planet. What a great guy! If he treats his own 'most loved and protected' family that way....

[@BigPaPaRu]

​@@betsybabf748 He ain't perfect by a long shot but he did a lot for that country. Yes he was ruthless but look at it now, he had to be. I'm sorry if you don't get it and think the world should just be rainbows and unicorns. I would have to write a hundred page report for you to even have a miniscule amount of understanding.

[@yojan9238]

@@BigPaPaRu it's better with Saddam, he would done a good job kicking ISIL asses...

[@fabiosunspot1112]

The war in Iraq was such a tragedy we all thought it was a great idea at the time but Saddam removal cause the country to collapse, now Iraq has gone back to the dark ages, so much oil yet so much poverty and death...

[@PianoGesang]

That was the plan. People got to wise up (and rise up) to threir leaders

[@mitto20]

Same as Libya.

[@thefloridamanofytcomments5264]

Opening solo was a smooth jazz / call to prayer fusion by Bagdad’s own Kenny G-had

[@dannymelville6715]

Lol

[@AffiliateJunctionBMF]

06:45 i remember, this footage,so happy were few people,when saddam statue brought down..i wonder are they still happy now? but damn man..13:54 he really blow his nose in the middle of iv,damn man..imagine hes doing that when operating someone..i think this doctor collaborated wth cia

[@a.tyassin4754]

رحم الله صدام لم اكن اتخيل أني في يوم من الأيام سأترحم على هذا الرجل … تحت حكم صدام كنا نعاني كثيرا … لكن ماذا أقول …… رحم الله صدام وأيام حكمه

[@c.s.hayden3022]

He saved Uday’s life and Uday still didn’t like him? What a shithead. This man really is a survivor. He could write an interesting book.

[@Mz77519]

The doc was a criminal! He worked against the Husseins 🤮

[@taylor.rafferty]

I don’t know how this guy took a solid shit once during the 22 years he served Saddam.

[@iciman100]

in middle east we do eat lots of rice

[@taylor.rafferty]

@ice man LMAO!

[@algie-t2w]

Interesting how the tyrant sees the people's fear of him as "love".

[@brandtjustensen4379]

The snake signified a rope and the beheading of it represented his hanging. Never ignore the dreams that really disturb you.

[@assyrianbetnahrian9574]

The snake was telling him not to trust anyone and that he should kill all the snakes that betrayed him

[@dicey8928]

And the black cat he killed was his bad luck and his time was over 😪

[@jaajaarogers9101]

Very true

[@anjalichandna3240]

Snake might me America also or blood of people who killed

[@mattysco]

The judge has more aaaas and ehhhs than Justin Trudeau!!!

[@kibriakhan90]

We love saddam ❤️

[@mrcocoloco7200]

Go get some help crazy person.

[@pragmafunds]

Thank you.

[@mahersarieddine48]

Great documentary

[@StravaFaste]

He seems like a cool guy

[@fillfinish7302]

yes narcissistic angel

[@beansandgreens365]

Locus and his hitler of his son too huh

[@TehUltimateSnake]

I’d smoke a J with him. Seems like he has a lot more cool stories to tell.

[@democracyfirst1871]

if people do not challenge wrong doings as a subjects of a ruler create absolute dictatorship,, This the lesson from the video

[@rahulbhaskar6790]

What if they don't want to challenge? And now they are challenging the wrong doings of a foreign powers in their territory.

[@jeromealan4818]

Religion doesn't mean you don't have a life. Everyone expects because I practice Islam that I'm not supposed to like anything at all. Ridiculous.

[@adrianniemiec8669]

What kind of a father puts a gun in a 11 year old child's hand ?

[@jaajaarogers9101]

Saddam son put a gun on a ladies finger shot her finger

[@celestian1000]

Within first minute I give up. Sadam was gentle and soft etc

[@grahamchristians9704]

Let's get one thing straight he was not a dictator this must be strikes from the record