I knew Saddam-Part 2

A profile of the life of Saddam Hussein, as told by the people who knew him.
Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi president, was executed on December 30, 2006. His death, like his life, was filled with controversy.
In the 1980's he formed an alliance of sorts with the US and with their support and encouragement, instigated a war with Iran.

But that alliance was short lived and in 1990, after Saddam's invasion of Kuwait, his powerful American friends deserted and turned against him.

The US launched attacks against him, which over the course of 15 years and two wars, led to his downfall and the destruction of Iraq.

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