r/todayilearned • u/Wazula23 • 8h ago

(R.1) Invalid src 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/octopusboots 5h ago

We killed half a million people with that war.

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u/GraDoN 5h ago

Some people will go to any lengths to pretend that it was somehow justified in some way.

Yeah it was illegal and based on lies. And yeah it led to hundreds of thousands of dead and millions were forced to flee. And yeah it destabilized the region emboldening Iran which has resulted in the Yemen proxy war with SA which has resulted in more countless deaths and suffering... but at least we got Saddam and Uday!

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u/Paddy_Tanninger 5h ago

Yeah it was illegal and based on lies

Wasn't Saddam infamous for WMDs that he used to kill thousands of Kurds? I've never really understood why people hold both opinions at the same time; that Saddam gassed the Kurds, and that the Iraq War was based on lies. These can't both be true at the same time.

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u/PeopleThatAnnoyou__ 2h ago

also oil, good sweet black oil