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Assassinated by one
of his own child soldiers
Saddam Hussein.
Saddam participated
Saddam was
a vice president for ten years,
but in the meantime,
he's actually taking alliances
Every general
on The Great March with Mao
was dead
Almost everybody
who fought the revolution in Cuba
All gone...
And he says,
"There are people in this room
who are opposing my leadership."
Which, in truth,
was entirely made up.
or he would confess.
of Ba'athist officials
who were, according to him,
Get out.
And it was
a bizarre spectacle of feigned loyalty...
A sadistic twist?
Perhaps.
To survive as a tyrant,
everywhere.
That's why
every dictator's best friend
is an effective
and ruthless secret police.
of nearly a million
so-called enemies of the people,
Haitian dictator
"Papa Doc" Duvalier's enforcers
were nicknamed
"the Tonton Macoute" or "Bogeyman,"
Their greed.
Sounds pricey.
Step one.
Nationalize your natural resources.
Oil, gold, natural gas.
If it's valuable,
it needs to be controlled by the State,
aka you.
Saddam Hussein,
once a penniless shepherd's son,
Not bad.
One famous,
famous Saddam would do,
Their response
to any sort of criticism is attack.
"Tomorrow,
you will find him at your home."
Uh...
In 1979,
under Ayatollah Khomeini,
an overthrow of Saddam.
And it actually had
the resources to make it happen.
Saddam decided
to preemptively attack Iran.
He really believes
that it is going to be a short war,
Having seen
their leader's brutality firsthand,
It was a form
of psychological manipulation.
How frustrating.
Surviving as a tyrant
means making tough decisions.
Of course not.
Saddam needs
to quickly reaffirm his authority.
to Hussein Kamel
and his brother Saddam Kamel.
Saddam placed
the older brother, Hussein Kamel,
in charge of Iraq's
nuclear weapons program.
That, "This is
what I can do to my sons-in-laws
Coldhearted? Sure.
Fear not.