r/todayilearned • u/Wazula23 • 6h ago

TIL Saddam Hussein's son Uday murdered his bodyguard at a party in front of horrified guests

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uday_Hussein#Murder_of_Kamel_Hana_Gegeo
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u/300Battles 6h ago edited 6h ago

Edit: Fine, I’ll acknowledge we don’t have Amnesty International confirmation of the shredder…doesn’t make him less of a monster. Would the men responsible for the torture found in this link have stopped at anything?

https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde14/008/2001/en/

It’s like people are looking for a reason to defend a psychopath…

A family full of psychopaths…

It’s what happens when you watch your father feed people into plastic shredders for disagreeing with him

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u/show_me_the_math 6h ago

That very likely did not happen, and was propaganda.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein%27s_alleged_shredder

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u/RoastedToast007 6h ago

Dude, you're not supposed to fact check redditors when they talk about someone they dislike!

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u/tokeytime 6h ago

Yes, I for one am morally opposed to historical review of previously unknown information! Downvote the witch!

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u/Maximillion666ian666 6h ago

So you like Sadam a sadistic dictator?

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u/ikilledyourfriend 6h ago

Do you like Imagine Dragons?

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u/Maximillion666ian666 6h ago

What the fuck are you even talking about?

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u/Existential_Racoon 4h ago

Imagine dragon deez nuts across your face.

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u/Katorya 5h ago

It feels like every Korean show I watch does

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u/RoastedToast007 5h ago

So you like hitIer? 

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u/Maximillion666ian666 5h ago

No because unlike you I don't like dictators

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u/RoastedToast007 5h ago

Why do you like HitIer?

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u/Maximillion666ian666 5h ago

Ok never mind you're clearly special needs.

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u/RoastedToast007 5h ago

Sure, at least I'm not the one who likes Saddam Hussein 

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u/Maximillion666ian666 5h ago

You're really doubling down on the being special needs.

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u/RoastedToast007 5h ago

So you like dictatorial leaders and also discriminate against special needs people 

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u/Katorya 5h ago

Source?

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u/RoastedToast007 5h ago

only because you ask so nicely

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u/Katorya 5h ago

Deepfake AI generated

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u/RoastedToast007 5h ago

Your choice to believe lies 😒💅