The Strike on Saddam | CIA

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🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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It's 2003, and the USA is on the brink of war. Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been issued a deadline - leave the country, or face a full American invasion. In the event of his refusal, the CIA has a plan to strike Saddam's Dora Farms compound - potentially stopping the war in its tracks. The operation is overseen by the head of the Agency's Iraq Operations Group - Luis Rueda. In this episode of True Spies, the former CIA heavyweight shares candid insights into the fevered hours and days ahead of Operation Iraqi Freedom. From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Morgan Childs. Music by Nick Ryan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.0	He went around the room and said,
0:44.0	what do you think?
0:45.0	What do you think?
0:46.0	And he asked me and I looked at him and he said,
0:48.0	boy, I really feel for you, this is a hard decision to make.
0:50.0	And he said, that's what I do.
0:52.0	That's what the president does. I'm here to make a he said that's what I do that's what the president does I'm here to make a hard
0:54.8	decision.
0:57.3	The strike on Saddam.
1:01.2	It's about 3 p.m. in Washington, D.C. and 11 p.m. in Baghdad, Iraq. March the 19th, 2003.
1:10.0	At the White House and in the Pentagon, officials have their eyes on the clock,
1:15.0	because the Iraqi leader is on a deadline, set by U.S. President George W. Bush.
1:21.0	The President made clear, he said, look, we're going to invade a country.
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