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Saddam HIS RISE AND FALL C O N C O U G H L I N In memory of Juan-Carlos Gumucio (1950 –2002) “Emerge tu recuerdo de la noche en que estoy.” —PABLO NERUDA C O N T E N T S List of Illustrations .............................vi(cid:10) Preface to the Revised Edition ...... xx PRO LO GUE The Outlaw ......................................xxii(cid:10) ONE The Orphan .........................................1 TWO The Assassin .......................................23 THREE The Revolutionary ............................52 FOUR The Avenger .......................................72 FIVE The Nation Builder ...........................99 SIX The Terrorist ....................................125 SEV EN Mr. President ...................................150 EIGHT The Warlord ....................................176 NINE The Victor ........................................201 TEN The Invader .....................................227 ELEV EN The Loser .........................................253 T WELV E The Survivor ....................................276 THIRT EEN The Menace .....................................312 FOURT EEN The Captive .....................................339 EPI LO GUE Liberation .........................................370 Notes ................................................379 Select Bibliography .........................391 Index .................................................393 About the Author Credits Cover Copyright About the Publisher L I S T O F I L L U S T R A T I O N S Saddam’s Family Tree. ......................................................vii The Middle Eastern Region .......................................... ix(cid:10) Iraq ...................................................................................xii Key Structures in Central Baghdad ............................ xiv Saddam’s Presidential Palace Compound ....................xvi(cid:10) Iraq’s Nuclear Research and Related Facilities. ...........xviii SADDAM’S FAMILY TREE male Al-Bakr Tulfah female ancestral line marriage Ahmad Hassan Khairallah Rashid Al-Bakr Tulfah former president former mayor of Baghdad (1919– ) Haytham Adnan Sajida daughter daughter daughter Hussein Khairallah Tulfah involved in 1979 (died in 1989 coup attempt helicopter crash) Daham Abdul Taher Abdul Maher Abdul Hatim Abdul Rashid Rashid Rashid Rashid head of killed in general in head of Arab audit bureau Iran-Iraq War Iran-Iraq War Industrial Development Organization daughter married 1985, now separated Qusay Saddam Hala Raghad Hussein (1966– 2003) (1972– ) (1967– ) vii Abdul Majid Subha Hussein Hassan Sulaiman Kamel Tulfah Al-Majid Majid Majid Majid Saddam’s mother Saddam’s father (died 1983) Hassan Al-Ibrahim Saddam’s stepfather Saddam Siham Barzan Watban Sabawi Saddam Hussein Hussein Hussein Ibrahim Ibrahim Ibrahim Kamel Kamel Majid president, c-in-c (1939?– ) ambassador to UN, presidential head of intelligence colonel in minister of industry (1937– ) Geneva palace adviser missile brigade and military industry Ali Hisham Izzat Hassan Majid Hassan Majid Ibrahim minister of local governor of Babil vice-chairman RCC government province Rana Uday Saddam married 1988 daughter Hussein (1969– ) (1964–2003) married 1986 married 1983 viii
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