Saddam Hussein Was Given A Key To The City Of Detroit #funfact

In 1980, Saddam Hussein was awarded a key to the city of Detroit after he donated almost half a million dollars to a church in the city.

[Konkr]

imagine saddam fled to detroit instead of his saddam cave

[madturkey]

Thank you, I didn't knew what giving someone a key to the city meant until now.

[starfthegreat]

Small detail: Chaldean Christians are originally from Iraq, and Reverend Jacod Yasso was of Iraqi origin. One of Saddam's closest allies and advisors, Minister of Foreign Affairs Tariq Aziz, was a Chaldean Christian (his real name was Mikhail Yuhanna but he changed it to sound more Muslim).

[woopytoast]

So Saddam can have shit in Detroit and I can't?

[MaraCares]

Every time he says fun fact, it's followed by a genuinely fun fact and that never stops blowing my mind.

[charliekelly]

>Gets $250, 000
>Is somehow still in debt
Bro why did Saddam even bother?

[HaakonAnderson]

When I was a kid I thought the keys were special and would open all the doors in the city and people who had them could have anything they wanted for free.

[loreman]

Chaldean Catholics and Syrian Orthodox Christians (who have been there since Roman times) have been absolutely decimated by the collapse of Iraq.
Of course, to the organisers of the second Iraq war, that may have been a feature, not a bug.

[erichuxel]

All these years and you are the first one to explain why the key to the city is a big deal. Thank you!! Keep up your great videos!!

[danuostret]

So you can just walk around the city at night while everybody is sleeping, as an introvert, I see this as an absolute win

[jeremiahtenerife]

Well Saddam Hussein Hussein kindness was long forgotten Atleast someone remember it

[HeisenbergFam]

This Saddam guy sounds cool donating so much money, hope he doesnt do anything evil that will anger a lot of nations

[vicarious]

Still being in debt after getting 250k in the 70s is crazy

[TimesNewCanaanite]

The side of Saddam they didn't want you to know.

[tommo]

The thing people forget is that Sadam was a very effective and well liked leader for many years, bringing peace with neighbours, taking the country out of poverty, taking ther oil back, building infrastructure, schools and hospitals....

[berniemiller]

Fun fact here is Coleman Young and Saddam Hussein in the same article.

[threaruscamuwundra]

Now that South Park episode makes sense. Where am I supposed to go? Detroit? (Said by both Satan and Saddam I thought)

[d.h.]

Well well well.. that turned out real good.

[NerdSmuggler]

Chaldean (pronounce Kal Dee an) are Iraqi christians and Detroit has a very high population of Chaldeans. So this makes sense

[LoosieGoosie]

Church got a $250k donation and still got in debt 💀