Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician who played a key role in the Ba’ath Revolution before ascending to power as the fifth President of Iraq in 1979. Hussein was a violent dictator who was responsible for the deaths, through purges or genocides, of at least 250,000 of his own people. Hussein was tried and executed for his crimes against humanity in 2006.
Saddam Hussein Quotes in What the Eyes Don’t See
The What the Eyes Don’t See quotes below are all either spoken by Saddam Hussein or refer to Saddam Hussein . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The road behind my family disappeared too. The Iraq they knew was lost, replaced by war and ruins. In my mind, this lost Iraq is a land of enchantment and despair. But its lessons endure.
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Saddam Hussein Quotes in What the Eyes Don’t See
The What the Eyes Don’t See quotes below are all either spoken by Saddam Hussein or refer to Saddam Hussein . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Prologue
Quotes
The road behind my family disappeared too. The Iraq they knew was lost, replaced by war and ruins. In my mind, this lost Iraq is a land of enchantment and despair. But its lessons endure.
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Explanation and Analysis:
