Word: saddamism
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...many who watched it, the execution of Saddam Hussein was a personal vindication. He killed their brothers, uncles, tore apart their families and ran their beloved country into the ground. Even if his finger didn't pull the trigger, they blamed him for everything: every nail-biting visit by an intelligence officer, every midnight execution, every tongue cut out by a sadistic guard, every body in the mass graves at Hillah and Hawija and Musayeb. He projected absolute authority while he was in power and now faced absolute responsibility for every death under his rule. The moment the steel trap...
...first piece of Iraqi territory trampled by American tanks. As he cleaned his ancient AK-47, Abu Mohammed admitted that it would be no defense against the world's most powerful military machine. When I asked if he was frightened, he nodded, saying, "Not of the Americans, but of Saddam. If I don't stand and fight, my entire family will have to answer to him." But surely, I asked, the Americans posed a more immediate danger. Abu Mohammed shrugged. "The Americans are over there," he said, pointing a bony finger in the direction of Kuwait. Then he brought...
...Trial and Execution of Saddam Hussein •Saddam Is Sentenced to Death, and Iraq Shrugs...
...Saddam's Revenge •Saddam Tries Another Trial Boycott •Behind the Saddam Judge's Ouster •Saddam's Trial: Behind the Scene •Notebook: Keeping Saddam Company •The Perils of Defending a Tyrant •A Slain Saddam Trial Lawyer's Final Interview •Inside Saddam's Defense Strategy •Rights Groups Concerned Over Saddam Trial •Notebook: Rushing To His Defense •The Semiotics of Saddam •Saddam's Capture •'Ladies and Gentlemen — We Got Him!' Photo Essay • Captured At Last
...Webguide • The Final Days of Saddam Hussein...