Paul Chambers🚧Jul 1, 2024

Who is old enough to remember Saddam Hussein's 1979 political purge? I was 8 years old & remember it as a kid living in Ohio watching Walter Cronkite with my grandfather & his reaction to what had happened

I remember him saying that could never happen here, we lived under the best political system out there

Born just before WW1 died after Desert Storm, he was my inspiration for joining the Army

#SCOTUS just Constitutionalized this, if #Potus do it as an official act #Immunity #Trump . #USPol

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2/ More on Saddam Hussein's Very Public Purge

Shortly after assuming the Presidency of Iraq in July 1979, Saddam Hussein convened a gathering of his Ba'ath Party leaders and publicly had 68 of them removed for alleged treason.

Twenty-two of them were subsequently shot to death by firing squad.

#SCOTUS just Constitutionalized this, if #Potus do it as an official act #Immunity #Trump . #USPol

🔗 4 minute documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLUktJbp2Ug

🔗 Article https://theconversation.com/saddam-hussein-how-a-deadly-purge-of-opponents-set-up-his-ruthless-dictatorship-120748

Saddam Hussein's Very Public Purge

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