Saddam Hussein, official portrait, 1979 Saddam Hussein on the telephone at a frontline command, 1988 Saddam Hussein smiling, 1998 Saddam Hussein speaking at his first court hearing, July 2004
Fig. 01Official portrait · 1979 Fig. 02Frontline command, east of Basra · 1988 Fig. 03Baghdad · 1998 Fig. 04First court hearing · July 2004

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Transcript 01 / 04Saddam Hussein

“When Iraqi people fall, they rise again.”

Interview with FBI agent George L. Piro · 7 Feb 2004

“The great duel, the mother of all battles has begun.… The dawn of victory nears as this great showdown begins!”

Baghdad state radio · 17 Jan 1991

“I call on you not to hate, because hate does not leave space for a person to be fair and it makes you blind and closes all doors of thinking.”

Farewell letter to the Iraqi people · 5 Nov 2006

“…this country, the cradle of the first civilization of humanity will not finish just like that.”

Interview with Dan Rather, CBS News · Feb 2003