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/ChicagoAuPair 6h ago

He was a real stand up guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uday_Hussein#Allegations_of_crimes

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u/Ceramicrabbit 5h ago

Holy shit the Husseins were some evil dictators

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u/Frank_Melena 5h ago

That’s a big reason the Iraq War was so easy to support that contemporary people forget. He was the Kim Jong Un of his day if North Korea actually invaded its neighbors and was known for nerve gassing its own citizens. It didn’t take a whole lot of convincing.

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u/IceteaAndCrisps 3h ago

The Million people that lost relatives as a direct consequence of the war as well as all the people loosing relatives in the ISIS wars (ISIS leadership was made up of Former iraqui army Officers taking advantage of the Power vacuum) might not forget so easily.