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The Devil's Double Original Book
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 390

The Devil's Double Original Book

THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE: is the first of 3 autobiographical books chronicling Latif Yahia’s incredible life story. It vividly describes how Latif was forced to become Uday Hussein’s ‘fidai’ (body double) and gives a unique insight into the extreme extravagance and cruelty of the Saddam regime. Latif survived assassination attempts and witnessed Uday’s psychotic temper, rapes, orgy parties, torture atrocities, and sadistic murders. The book has recently been made into a highly acclaimed movie. THE BLACK HOLE: gives a fascinating account of what happened to Latif in Europe after he escaped from Iraq. How he was treated by western governments and the CIA. How Uday sought revenge on Latif...

I was Saddam's Son
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 328

I was Saddam's Son

As the stand-in for one of Iraq's most powerful and hated men, he participated in affairs of state, made public appearances, and, during the Gulf War, visited the troops on the front lines while Uday stayed safely in Switzerland. He also saw firsthand the horrors and absurdities of a regime based on corruption and intrigue. He was privy to unbridled scenes of debauchery, and witnessed repeated instances of torture, terror, rape, and murder.

The Black Hole This book is a sequel to The Devil's Double.
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 144

The Black Hole This book is a sequel to The Devil's Double.

Book Description: The Black Hole has been banned in Ireland and USA Book Shops.. is the next chapter in the extraordinary and chilling life story of author Latif Yahia. Having escaped the brutal Iraqi regime through Northern Iraq with the help of the CIA in 1992, Latif touched down in Austria. Having family in the pristine and picturesque city of Vienna, Latif is somewhat reassured that his life will be calmer now without Uday Saddam Hussein and his hedonistically violent lifestyle. Alongside Latif is Nusa, a hired girl, a plaything and ego boost for her Baghdadi clientele, although she has never been mentioned in Latif's past works the reasons for her concealment become apparent as the stor...

The Devil's Double
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 338

The Devil's Double

In 1987, Latif Yahia was taken to Saddam's headquarters to meet Uday, his eldest son, and told that because of the great likeness between them, he was chosen to be Uday's double. After a gruesome training programme, Latif was deemed ready. And so began his life as Uday's double, a life on the perimeter of the inner circle of Saddam's eldest son.

State of Repression
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 376

State of Repression

A new account of modern Iraqi politics that overturns the conventional wisdom about its sectarian divisions How did Iraq become one of the most repressive dictatorships of the late twentieth century? The conventional wisdom about Iraq's modern political history is that the country was doomed by its diverse social fabric. But in State of Repression, Lisa Blaydes challenges this belief by showing that the country's breakdown was far from inevitable. At the same time, she offers a new way of understanding the behavior of other authoritarian regimes and their populations. Drawing on archival material captured from the headquarters of Saddam Hussein's ruling Ba'th Party in the wake of the 2003 US...

The Black Hole,This book is a sequel to The Devil's Double, which was made into a feature film of the same name
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 144

The Black Hole,This book is a sequel to The Devil's Double, which was made into a feature film of the same name

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-03-31
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  • Publisher: AMG

Book Description: The Black Hole has been banned in Ireland and USA Book Shops.. is the next chapter in the extraordinary and chilling life story of author Latif Yahia. Having escaped the brutal Iraqi regime through Northern Iraq with the help of the CIA in 1992, Latif touched down in Austria. Having family in the pristine and picturesque city of Vienna, Latif is somewhat reassured that his life will be calmer now without Uday Saddam Hussein and his hedonistically violent lifestyle. Alongside Latif is Nusa, a hired girl, a plaything and ego boost for her Baghdadi clientele, although she has never been mentioned in Latif's past works the reasons for her concealment become apparent as the stor...

The Prisoner in His Palace
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 272

The Prisoner in His Palace

Documents the story of twelve young American soldiers deployed to Iraq in the summer of 2006 who were assigned to guard Saddam Hussein in the months before his execution, a responsibility that raised life-changing questions about their beliefs and Hussein's character.

Saddam Hussein
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 417

Saddam Hussein

'A brilliant Arab-Western examination.Written with pace, detail, and a host of witnesses and sources' Sunday Tribune

Debriefing the President
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 257

Debriefing the President

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-12-27
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  • Publisher: Penguin

Debriefing the President presents an astounding, candid portrait of one of our era’s most notorious strongmen. John Nixon, the first man to conduct a prolonged interrogation of Hussein after his capture, offers expert insight into the history and mind of America’s most enigmatic enemy. In December 2003, after one of the largest, most aggressive manhunts in history, US military forces captured Iraqi president Saddam Hussein near his hometown of Tikrit. Beset by body-double rumors and false alarms during a nine-month search, the Bush administration needed positive identification of the prisoner before it could make the announcement that would rocket around the world. At the time, John Nixo...

The Hangman of Abu Ghraib
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 478

The Hangman of Abu Ghraib

It tells the inside story of all the torture and executions that took place in Abu Ghraib under both the Saddam and American regimes as seen through the eyes of one man - the man who personally assassinated, tortured, hanged and shot more victims than any other man who has ever lived. It will surprise and shock readers and governments alike. Brace yourself - the giant of a man with his scarred face and the hangman's noose in his hands will soon be ready and waiting for you. Short Description of The Hangman of Abu Ghraib Abed Ali was born a poor peasant boy who worked on a farm in Iraq. He grew up to become the most deadly assassin and prolific executioner the world has ever known. This book gives a psychological insight into the mind of a man ordered to kill or be killed himself. The ruthlessness of the Ba'ath Party regime under a dictator. The inhumanity of the American invaders under the promise of 'freedom and democracy'. It is the true story of one man's life. And the deaths of thousands of others. One man. Two regimes. The same order from both... KILL FOR US OR BE KILLED BY US..