Subscriber Essay: Saddam Hussein’s Origin Story

A young Saddam attempts to assassinate the leader of Iraq.

Oct 07, 2017

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A subscriber asked about Saddam Hussein’s rise to power, which is a longer topic than I think can be handled in one essay. So I thought we could take a small piece of that tale, its beginning, and look at that.

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