Saddam Hussein Almost Assassinates Iraqi PM #Saddam #middleeasthistory #Iraq

No sooner had General Qassem taken the reins of power than he too was marked for death. To carry out the deed, the Ba’athists needed a triggerman. A hit squad was formed around Saddam, and meticulous plans were made to carry out the assassination on October 7th 1959 in the capital. But when the big day came, Saddam and his conspirators forgot the carefully choreographed plan and began spraying shots wildly into the street; a short gunfight ensued in which one of the assassins’ was killed, Qassem took a bullet in the shoulder and arm, and young Saddam was shot in the leg.

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0:00 Intro
1:03 Construction's Context
3:12 Architectural Detail
5:18 Does it Explain Ottoman Decline?
8:28 Outro

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Is he a hero or a villian?

Ask the Shia and the Kurds

[zinadenfarah]

Too me Saddam Hussein was a terrible person who did evil thing but gave his people a good living standards at the cost of freedom he should retired earlier he was getting senile by 2003