One day in December 2006, an emaciated elderly man was escorted to the execution ground by soldiers. His hair was disheveled, his beard was unkempt, and his eyes were cloudy, but they still exuded determination and pride.
This person is Saddam Hussein, the former leader of Iraq and the ruler of the "Lion of the Middle East". Despite all the tortures he endured in prison, his tenacious belief in fighting remained unshaken.
He looked around, calmly at the people, and finally, facing the machine in the corner where the scene was being filmed, he shouted in a hoarse voice: "This country will win, Palestine belongs to Arabia!" ”
In 2003, the United States launched the second Gulf War against Iraq on the grounds of "private possession of mass destruction** in its territory". Under the offensive of the United States and the British coalition forces, many places in Iraq were attacked by shells, buildings were destroyed, the people were miserable, and a large number of refugees were produced.
Eventually, American forces captured Baghdad and Saddam Hussein was arrested. Bush Jr. announced the official start of the war to overthrow Saddam's regime, and 40,000 Marines rushed into Iraqi territory and carried out a "decapitation operation."
Despite Saddam's swift response, many Iraqis were influenced by American politicians to oppose Saddam's rule and even welcome U.S. troops into their cities.
In addition, the US-British coalition forces were well-equipped and highly mechanized, and Saddam's resistance was quickly disintegrated. On 8 April, the Iraqi capital Baghdad was attacked again, and the military deployment in the city was basically paralyzed.
However, when the U.S. military occupied the city, they discovered that Saddam had mysteriously disappeared. According to the captives, Saddam Hussein foresaw that the defeat was certain, and arranged for the escape of his relatives in advance, while he himself took a few cronies and some money and disappeared.
After the end of the war, although Saddam Hussein was no longer a threat, George W. Bush decided not to let go of this man who had been his enemy. To track down Saddam, U.S. military advisers exhaustively studied his social networks, looking for every possible hiding place.
No matter how small the clues, the US military will send troops to investigate, and even torture Saddam's former friends, but no trace of him has been found. About 300 of Saddam's connections were close to him.
Although this information is mixed, the US military still arrested Saddam's two fugitive sons one after another based on them.
The US military advisers brutally tortured Saddam's sons to extract confessions, trying to obtain information about Saddam Hussein from them, but in the end they gained little, and the two sons did not reveal any valuable information until their deaths, which made the US military advisers deeply frustrated.
In the days that followed, the U.S. military had to conduct a comprehensive search inside Iraq, trying not to miss a single corner. During the interrogation of a driver, the U.S. military uncovered new clues.
They found that the driver would travel to Tikrit every once in a while, and that the route he was taking avoided the checkpoints set up by the U.S. military. Tikrit is a special city, it is Saddam's hometown, Saddam Hussein attaches great importance to it, and vigorously promotes the economic development of his hometown during his administration, and most of the local residents are Saddam's supporters.
Immediately after the capture of Iraq, the U.S. military made Tikrit an important target and established military camps in the surrounding area. Regrettably, they were unable to find a trace of Saddam Hussein in Tikrit.
Through the driver's dictation, the U.S. military learned that his passenger might be a **, because the driver had seen him on TV. The US military judged that this ** may be a close confidant of Saddam, and his location may not be far from Saddam's hiding place.
So, the U.S. military sent a small team to follow the driver to Tikrit and arrested the cronie. After several days of interrogation, the cronie was finally unable to deny it, and said in frustration: "* In the town of Davar, I don't know the exact location. ”
They soon found out when the U.S. military gleefully broke into the small town of Davar"Saddam Hussein"clues. However, when they followed it down and successfully captured it, they found out about this"Saddam Hussein"In fact, it was dressed up by local residents.
In the following days, not only the small town of Davar, but also many appeared wearing the same costume, hairstyle and beard"Saddam Hussein", they repeatedly misled the actions of the American military, and even provoked American soldiers shot several civilians.
U.S. military advisers came to only one conclusion: Saddam Hussein was indeed hiding in this town. As a result, the U.S. military used advanced detection equipment to conduct a comprehensive search of the town, and finally found traces of Saddam Hussein in the cellar of a farmhouse.
In the cellar, the search team found an old man with a dirty, unshaven beard, his eyes lowered and tired. The person in front of him is far from the image of Saddam Hussein, the most influential figure in the United States.
In order to confirm his identity, the U.S. military immediately extracted his DNA for comparison. After confirming their identity, they breathed a sigh of relief. Eight months after the fall of the capital, Saddam Hussein was finally captured by the US military.
Although he is the lion of the Middle East, he did not escape US sanctions in the end. ** Later, he was held by the U.S. military in a small prison in Baghdad, where he spent three meals a day and was tortured.
Saddam Hussein was in prison, his every move was monitored day and night, surveillance cameras were set up in the corners of the room, and his freedom was denied and his dignity trampled on.
The cell he had been in was not a prison, but a place dedicated to punishment, windowless, dark and damp, making it difficult to tell the time and season, and he had to try to adjust his biological clock to the environment.
However, the American guards did not allow him to have a moment of peace, and whenever he fell asleep, the noise of the next room would always ring in his ears, making it impossible for him to sleep. The U.S. military claims that their actions are justified and that they can neutralize opposition as long as they find evidence of so-called "mass destruction" from Saddam.
After Saddam**, the United States subjected him to a strict and brutal interrogation. According to the ** report at the time, Saddam Hussein was naked, only bamboo pole shorts to cover his shame, while the American non-commissioned officers around him did not care, they wanted to make the proud Saddam Hussein collapse in his heart and give in.
However, in the face of the "trumped-up" charges, Saddam Hussein resolutely refused to give in, and the United States had no choice but to give up. From the start of the war in 2003 to the complete withdrawal of the US military from Iraq in 2011, for seven years, the US military did not find the so-called "mass destruction**" in Iraq, which has always been the US side of the word.
Saddam Hussein spent three years in a prison cell living an inhuman life, but he did not publicly denounce the shameless actions of the United States, nor did he choose to commit suicide to seek relief. During this time, Saddam Hussein even got along well with the native jailers in his cell, even though they were all on the opposite side of his politics.
Saddam's tenacity and perseverance are admirable. Even in the face of harsh realities and intense pressure, he stood firm in his beliefs and refused to give in. His story teaches us that even in the face of difficulties and challenges, we should maintain dignity and courage and stand up for our positions and principles.
Saddam's life in prison was quite simple, and he spent most of his daily life immersed in dim light and studying the Qur'an, except for three meals. Occasionally, he would write poetry, however, the American guards brutally destroyed these precious works.
On the last night of his life, Saddam calmly walked to the gallows. On December 29, 2006, the U.S. team handed over Saddam Hussein to Iraq, and he was finally sentenced to death by hanging.
On that day, Saddam Hussein woke up to continue his Qur'an reading, however, he noticed a subtle change in the guards' eyes, which he noticed and silently put down the book.
Soon he learned that he had been sentenced to be hanged.
Although Saddam Hussein knew what he was going to face, he calmly took a shower, put himself in order, and then looked around at the place where he had lived for three years, looked carefully again, and then slowly left.
Before getting into the car, he looked back at the place, said goodbye to the jailers, and left satisfied. Saddam Hussein was transferred to a makeshift prison awaiting fateful verdict.
When he entered the cell, he was soon brought dinner, a freshly baked roast chicken with a fragrant aroma that Saddam had not tasted for a long time. But after thinking about it, he refused the dinner and asked the guard for a copy of the Quran instead.
Saddam Hussein was not a coward, and during his reign, he saw too many separations of life and death, so death was no longer terrible for him. However, the process of waiting for death caused him to suffer, and it was only through the study of the Qur'an that he was able to calm himself down and escape from the endless darkness.
After a long time, Saddam Hussein got tired, he put down his book and lay down on a creaky wooden bed, intending to rest for a while. When the guards outside the house saw his move, they did not stop him, but whispered and laughed in a low voice from time to time, not knowing what he was discussing.
Just after 30 minutes, Saddam Hussein had just fallen asleep when a loud shout broke the silence and forced him to get up and be searched rudely by them.
Ali, an arrogant and domineering American guard, holding a nylon rope in his hand, shook frantically in front of Saddam Hussein, with a cruel smile on his lips, and mocked: "Look at it, this is what will happen to you, what will happen to you!"
Hahaha......The shrill laughter pierced Saddam's heart. He was old and demoted to a prisoner, so he could only shake his head and sigh helplessly. That night, Saddam Hussein was constantly taunted and tortured, physically and mentally exhausted and lifeless.
And the gallows on the execution ground were waiting for orders from their superiors to end Saddam's life.
At around five o'clock in the morning, Saddam's death sentence was about to be executed. There were only a few ** and a few Iraqis in the execution site, and they were all spectators who were allowed to be at the scene**.
In his cell, Saddam Hussein again refused breakfast and stopped the jailer who was about to leave: "Wait, is there any smoke?" The jailer stared at Saddam Hussein motionlessly, and after a moment of silence, he did not speak, did not hand Saddam Hussein a cigarette, and turned to leave the cell.
Soon after, the guards arrived in the cell, handcuffed Saddam Hussein, and took him to the execution ground.
Saddam Hussein was kicked by Iraqi guards, who hysterically accused him of ruining the country and leaving the people living in poverty. However, Saddam retorted: "I destroyed your enemies and liberated you."
Without me, Iraq would be worthless. Eventually, he was hanged on the execution ground and died on the soil of Iraq, which he loved so much.
As he was about to leave this world, Saddam gave a copy of the Quran to his jailer, hoping that he would hand it over to his lawyer. In this book, he left a passage to his daughter: Your father, I am a martyr who made sacrifices for Iraq and the Iraqi people.
Saddam's name means "man of resistance" in Arabic, and his life and his political career were indeed full of struggles. He once entered ** with the support of the United States, but he was well aware of the ambitions of the United States and decided not to let his country become an "ATM" for the United States, so he chose confrontation.
Although Saddam's repressive rule has attracted criticism, it is undeniable that during his administration, the Iraqi people's living standards have been significantly improved and various life services have been guaranteed.
With the fall of Saddam Hussein**, the Iraqi people were plunged into a long war, and the number of refugees increased dramatically. Saddam Hussein once said: "Without me, Iraq would be worthless." ”
This prophecy seems to be slowly becoming a reality.