Inside Saddam's Reign of Terror

For 24 years, Saddam Hussein and his Baath Party executed political rivals, Shias, Kurds and anyone else who dared disagree or even tell a joke about the dictator. A chorus of testimonials, unearthed mass graves and discovered documents now reveal the extent to which Saddam and his Baath Party tortured, maimed, raped and murdered Iraqi citizens. As he faces trial for his crimes, National Geographic goes inside his reign of terror with rare videotape that shows Baath Party members carrying out Saddam's brutal laws.

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