Nixon wrote, “…in hindsight, the thought of having an ageing and disengaged Saddam in power seems almost comforting in comparison with the wasted effort of our brave men and women in uniform and the rise of Islamic State, not to mention the £2.5 trillion spent to build a new Iraq. You are going to find that it is not so easy to govern Iraq.” When I told him I was curious why he felt that way, he replied: “You are going to fail in Iraq because you do not know the language, the history, and you do not understand the Arab mind.”Īfter Saddam’s execution, Nixon claimed, this proved incredibly true as one looked at the rise of the ISIS. Saddam told Nixon, “You are going to fail. In his interviews with Nixon, Saddam also said that it would be difficult for anyone to govern Iraq if they did not know the history of the country. Nixon himself acknowledged that Saddam looked ‘surprisingly fit.’Īmidst all the claims that US made about Saddam and the findings of Nixon, there seemed to be a disconnect, leading Nixon to say that America got the Iraqi leader wrong, a point Nixon was not able to prove to the then US President George Bush. Saddam claimed otherwise and said he smoked four cigars a day and ate red meat which kept him fit. He was old and bearded and supposedly in bad shape. He also claimed that at the end of his regime, Saddam had no clue about what his government was doing or what was going on his country. He then went on to blame lack of communication between Iraq regime and the US, of which he considered himself to be a part too.Įven though the agent acknowledges that a CIA profile of Saddam characterises him as a chronic liar, “yet he could be quite candid,” wrote Nixon. Use chemical weapons against the world? Is there anyone with full faculties who would do this? Who would use these weapons when they had not been used against us?”. Nixon quoted Saddam saying, “We never thought about using weapons of mass destruction. When asked about chemical weapons in Iraq, Saddam said there was no reason for him to use chemical weapons against humanity. US forces had questioned many of his extended family members and finally received a tip. Ad-Dawr is less than twenty kilometers from Saddam’s hometown of al-Awja. The company reportedly spends over $100 million on Facebook ads each year and has 170 million products listed on its site.However, answers to other questions about his regime yielded shocking results. Saddam Hussein, the President of Iraq from 1979 until 2003, was captured by US forces on December 13th, 2003, on the outskirts of the town of ad-Dawr. Someone even started a Twitter account called ‘Wish Weird Ads’ which regretfully hasn’t been updated since 2018. Memorable targeted ads in the past have included a bag of white powder, a cat blindfold, a USB pregnancy test and leggings covered with unnerving images of Nicolas Cage’s face. The San Francisco-based Wish store, which offers customers ‘personal recommendations’ based on a somewhat unfathomable algorithm, has long held a reputation for its bizarre offerings. It’s expected to be delivered any time between September 4 and November 8 and will cost you an extra £5 for postage and packaging. Its description says: ‘Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein following his capture was reproduced on Premium Heavy Stock Paper which captures all of the vivid colors and details of the original…This print is ready for hanging or framing.’Īnyone still interested in going ahead with the purchase faces a long wait for their gift. The advert is in fact a listing for a ‘fine art print’ of Saddam, being offered in two different sizes. There were a lot of questions on social media… (Picture: Twitter)
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