"Evil" but "a people person" - Saddam Hussein according to the soldier who guarded him
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Once Saddam was found, he was kept prisoner in his palace with 12 US soldiers guarding him. Saddam proved to be great company and the troops developed a strong friendship with him - they would play chess with him, exercise with him, and talk about their lives.
One soldier, Specialist Adam Rogerson, has spoken to the Sky News Daily podcast about his very personal experience guarding Saddam Hussein until his death.
Podcast producer: Soila Apparicio
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Editors: Paul Stanworth and Wendy Parker
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| 1:04.8 | In March 2003, the invasion of Iraq began. |
| 1:10.4 | Ostensibly, part of the war on terror that followed the attack on New York's Twin Towers, |
| 1:15.2 | a U.S.-led coalition, assembled by President George W. Bush, |
| 1:18.8 | sought to depose Iraq's president, Saddam Hussein, |
| 1:22.3 | on the false claim he possessed so-called weapons of mass destruction. |
| 1:27.2 | America faces an enemy has no regard for conventions of war or rules of morality. |
| 1:33.9 | Saddam Hussein has placed Iraqi troops and equipment in civilian areas, |
| 1:38.0 | attempting to use innocent men, women, and children as shields for his own military, |
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