Saddam Hussein Part 4: The First Gulf War

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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After Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, US forces are deployed to the region. For some Iraqis, it seems like the perfect time to rise up against their dictator. As economic sanctions bite, Saddam treats himself to a bit of retail therapy. All the while, his sons are becoming terrifying figures in their own right. A family crisis is about to snowball into a murderous feud… A Noiser production, written by Duncan Barrett. Get every episode of Real Dictators a week early with Noiser+. You’ll also get ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to shows across the Noiser network. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So you've arrived.
0:02.0	You head to the brasserie, then the terrace, cocktail?
0:05.0	Don't mind if I do.
0:08.0	You raise your glass to another guest because you both know the holidays just beginning.
0:14.0	And you're only in Terminal 3.
0:18.0	Welcome to Virgin Atlantic's unique upper class clubhouse experience
0:22.0	where you'll feel like you've arrived before you've taken off.
0:26.0	Virgin Atlantic, see the world differently.
0:30.0	It's the 15th of January 1991. We're in Washington, D.C. at the White House. President
0:39.3	George H.W. Bush has called a meeting of his top military advisors.
0:44.0	General Colin Powell, Defense Minister Dick Cheney, CIA Director Robert Gates.
0:52.0	In all, eight men have gathered in the Oval Office,
0:56.0	wedging themselves awkwardly onto the President's white floral sofas.
1:01.0	There's a jar of M&M's on the coffee table, but no one is in the mood for snacking.
1:07.0	There was only one thing on their minds.
1:10.0	Kuwait.
1:12.0	Since Saddam Hussein's... Kuwait
1:17.0	Since Saddam Hussein's force has invaded six months earlier, the tiny oil-rich country has been at the top of the international agenda.
1:22.0	The United Nations has passed multiple resolution. of the international agenda.
1:23.0	The United Nations has passed multiple resolutions condemning Saddam's war, if that's even the
1:28.6	right word for such a one-sided conflict.
1:32.2	Bush himself has described Saddam as Hitler revisited.
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