“Sadly they are dealing with my father as if he were not human. My father has girls, and his girls have children … his grandchildren … so they should consider the human side.” - Raghad Hussein, Daughter of Saddam, speaking about her fathers “Fruit of the Loom” photos. And she continues:
“They think that my father has a lack of concern for human rights, but regardless of the details, the Americans should be humanitarian in dealing with his family, because we are human. Saddam has three young ladies and they have children, I have five and Rena has four, and Hala has two … Therefore, our father is very dear to us … His grandchildren love him a lot. Why aren’t humanitarian factors taken into account?
She continued by saying that her son Ali is 20-years-old, and said to her, “Oh mother, this is to be expected. It will be bad for them before it will be bad for us.” As for the rest of the children, Mrs. Hussein said, “their eyes were filled with questions. Why is all this happening to us? Why at this moment, does the whole world is see us as the big enemy.”
She demanded that the Americans consider that Saddam Hussein has daughters and grandsons that are affected by what happens to him. She described her father as having loved the people and his family. “He is a kind father and cared very much about every detail of our lives.”
Can there be a better example of the phrase, “the Devil is in the details?”
Raghad Hussein’s selective memory has forgotten a couple of important details that illustrate Saddam’s care for his family. Raghad and sister Rana are both widows thanks to a brotherly slaughter believed to have been organized by Rana and Raghad’s brothers, Uday and Qusay, at Saddam’s request.
And by the way Raghad, just how is life in Jordanian exile? Have you read the latest Danielle Steele bodice-ripper yet?
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You forget one very important detail, Marc, when you mention that Raghad and Rana are widows because Saddam ordered the murder of their own husbands.
You’re thinking “normal” as we understand and define it.
They married their husbands, two brothers, because Saddam ordered the marriages in the first place.
How is that important to my post? It matters little how they got married.
What matters is this stupid wench sits in luxury in Jordon and cries about a few pics of dear ole dad. Tough!
Personally I hope when Saddam is executed it is carried live on cable.
Personally I hope when Saddam is executed it is carried live on cable.
Brilliant! *Do it with a live 30,000-volt cable!* How many lashes will it take?
Trust me, Mark. I’m not defending them.
Your comment about their “selective memory” carries the flavor, at least to me, that instead of defending “Daddy” Raghad and Rana ought remember that it was he who ordered the murder of their husbands.
I doubt either ever gave a hoot about the men they married to start with. Saddam ordered the marriages, they complied with his wishes.
The brothers fled Iraq leaving Raghad and Rana behind. Distrusting their loyalty to him because of their husbands’ actions, Saddam first had them placed under guard and then ordered them to divorce the men they’d married.
They did.
Their loyalty is and has always been to their monsterous father first and foremost. Was it to him or the lifestyle he provided at the expense of hundreds of thousands of lives? Dunno.
Suggesting that they should act or feel differently now is like asking a leopard to change its spots. It ain’t gonna happen.