When Saddam Hussein held a public purge

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In 1979, Saddam Hussein publicly accused 68 of his own party members of treason. But it was a lie. A way to get rid of people he considered rivals, and who he feared could cause problems in the future. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons Video credits: Archive.org Public Domain footage Music credits: Echoes of Time v2 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300030 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Metaphysik by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400056 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Sources: "Saddam: His Rise and Fall" by Con Coughlin (2002) "Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq" by Kanan Makiya (1989) YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKBN_uh7MEI (For translation) "Purge at Al-Khuld Hall, 22nd July 1979" https://magmapoetry.com/archive/magma-89/poems/purge-at-al-khuld-hall-22nd-july-1979/ (For translation)