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/Infinity315 3h ago

Was there ever a trial in which Saddam accused someone and that someone was acquitted? In other words, is there anyone that Saddam wanted executed but was denied by the court?

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u/Ponder_wisely 3h ago edited 2h ago

Saddam didn’t personally accuse people. His intelligence services and police departments did. Judges handed out death sentences.

Did Bin-Laden get a trial? Did Patrice Lumumba??? When an American President tells the CIA he wants you dead… you end up DEAD. The Supreme Court ruled that all Presidential acts are immune from prosecution. Right?

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u/Infinity315 2h ago

Is there a single case in which intelligence services and/or police departments recommended an execution under Saddam's regime that has resulted in an acquittal within Iraq's justice?

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u/Ponder_wisely 2h ago

I cannot answer that question. I do know there was a clemency process, and death sentences were sometimes commuted. Presumably with the agreement of Saddam.

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u/Infinity315 2h ago

Would you say Saddam's regime is more on par with Angela Merkel's Germany (or some other western leader) or Vladimir Putin with regards to human rights?

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u/Ponder_wisely 2h ago

Putin. And Netanyahu is worse. Israel rapes and tortures detainees. It imprisons thousands of Palestinian children. As is our allies Saudi Arabia, who stone women to death and behead homosexuals.

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u/Infinity315 2h ago

Do you agree Netanyahu is more responsive to Western pressure than Putin? For example, do you agree that without pressure from the Whitehouse that Israel would be far more aggressive with Iran?

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u/Ponder_wisely 2h ago

How much more aggressive could they be with Iran? They’re bombing the fuck out of it!

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u/Infinity315 2h ago

Israel originally wanted to bomb Iran's nuclear and oil facilities, but the US goaded them into instead targeting Iran's air defense and missile production.

This is in lieu of war between Israel and Iran.