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00:00:00A man was hidden, not an easy thing to do.
00:00:13Like someone standing on a chair,
00:00:18with his hands and eyes tied,
00:00:21and hanging from a tree.
00:00:23The rope is tied to the tree.
00:00:27And what kills you is not the execution.
00:00:32What kills you is being left alone.
00:00:38Okay.
00:00:42He kills himself.
00:00:45Why?
00:00:47He waits for someone to come and save him.
00:00:50What if no one comes to save him?
00:00:52What do you see here is a short clip of the hole where Saddam Hussein was found.
00:01:21This is Saddam as he was being given his medical examination today.
00:01:51Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours.
00:02:21Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours.
00:02:32Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours.
00:02:42Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours.
00:03:11Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours.
00:03:21Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours.
00:03:41Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours.
00:03:54My father named me Alaa.
00:04:00He was the one who chose my wife.
00:04:07We lived on agriculture and hunting.
00:04:24I used to go hunting with my father. He used to teach me.
00:04:28I used to go hunting with my father. He used to teach me.
00:04:33I used to go hunting with my father. He used to teach me.
00:04:41When I entered the school, I felt that I had grown up.
00:04:50When I entered the school, I felt that I had grown up.
00:05:11I used to watch the news that the Americans were in Baghdad.
00:05:19I used to watch the news that the Americans were in Baghdad.
00:05:41I used to watch the news that the Americans were in Baghdad.
00:05:57When I woke up in the morning, I saw fear in my brother's eyes.
00:06:06When I woke up in the morning, I saw fear in my brother's eyes.
00:06:11He asked me who I was.
00:06:17He asked me who I was.
00:06:26He asked me who I was.
00:06:36He asked me who I was.
00:06:46He asked me who I was.
00:06:51Three people were wearing civilian uniforms.
00:07:01I told my brother to go to the second floor.
00:07:08I told my brother to go to the second floor.
00:07:15When I opened the door, I saw Sayyid Rahis in front of me.
00:07:23When I opened the door, I saw Sayyid Rahis in front of me.
00:07:31He said, did you recognize me?
00:07:34I said, yes, I recognized you.
00:07:37He raised his hand.
00:07:41He said, my brother, tell me about you.
00:07:46He said, my brother, tell me about you.
00:07:51I couldn't control myself.
00:07:56I couldn't control myself.
00:08:02Since the Americans were close, there was a place.
00:08:09At that time, I didn't think that 150,000 soldiers were looking for me.
00:08:19At that time, I didn't think that 150,000 soldiers were looking for me.
00:08:25The area around the house was a small area.
00:08:28The area around the house was a small area.
00:08:34I sent two people to protect me outside the house.
00:08:38I sent two people to protect me outside the house.
00:08:43I sent two people to protect me outside the house.
00:08:48My brother took his car and went back home.
00:08:53My brother took his car and went back home.
00:08:56After we entered the forest,
00:08:59After we entered the forest,
00:09:01I took the blanket and the mattress to sit on.
00:09:06I took the blanket and the mattress to sit on.
00:09:11I made a reservation at a place under a tree.
00:09:15I made a reservation at a place under a tree.
00:09:18My brother asked me, do you know why I came to you?
00:09:24My brother asked me, do you know why I came to you?
00:09:27I said, no, I don't know.
00:09:29I said, no, I don't know.
00:09:31I slept a little and in my dream, a man said, go to the house.
00:09:36I went to the house.
00:09:40At the same time, I was worried about what would happen.
00:09:46At the same time, I was worried about what would happen.
00:09:49I put my hands on the mattress and slept.
00:09:56I put my hands on the mattress and slept.
00:10:02I put my hands on the mattress and slept.
00:10:07I put my hands on the mattress and slept.
00:10:18I was standing a hundred meters away.
00:10:22I was standing a hundred meters away.
00:10:25I wanted to ask myself,
00:10:28Is this really Saddam?
00:10:31Is this really Saddam?
00:10:33I can't believe it.
00:10:58I can't believe it.
00:11:04I woke up at about six in the morning.
00:11:08My brother came to us in the car.
00:11:12We went home.
00:11:14We went home.
00:11:19The car guys came.
00:11:28They took us to the police station.
00:11:33They took us to the police station.
00:11:36They took us to the police station.
00:11:39You are free to go.
00:11:42You are free to go.
00:11:45Get in my car, redhead.
00:11:48Get in my car, redhead.
00:11:58I couldn't sleep, because I was thinking about the Americans, if they knew Saddam Hussein
00:12:18was my uncle, what was going to happen?
00:12:22But at the same time, if Saddam Hussein didn't want anyone to know he was my uncle,
00:12:31I was very worried.
00:12:36So I started to think about my family and my children, and I had a feeling that something
00:12:43would happen.
00:12:45I had a feeling that something was going to happen, because my brother Qais came to me
00:12:52in the morning and said, Mr. President is back, before the sun rises.
00:13:01The problem was that we didn't know what he was thinking.
00:13:07We didn't have any information about him.
00:13:11We didn't know what was going on inside him, and why he came back.
00:13:16As you know from our Arab traditions, we don't ask the guest,
00:13:22OK, if Saddam Hussein is the guest.
00:13:25In fact, one day my brother came to me in Morocco, and he said, the Americans started
00:13:45to get drunk very quickly.
00:13:48So I opened the door and said, Mr. President, the Americans started to get drunk.
00:13:57So I got in the car and asked him where he was going.
00:14:05He said he was going to America, because this is the only way to get out of here.
00:14:13So I said to him, Mr. President, take off your glasses.
00:14:24I said, let's pretend that you are sick.
00:14:27You will tell them, my father is sick, or you are in a hurry.
00:14:30In fact, when I came to America, my heart was heavy, and I was scared at the same time.
00:14:41So I walked up to him.
00:14:48I said, I will say my Shahada, because we are ready to die at any moment.
00:14:56The American looked at us, and he saw that I was wearing glasses.
00:15:07So he pointed at me.
00:15:11So we started to run.
00:15:16It was a very difficult situation.
00:15:19The first thing that happened to us was that we approached the Americans like this.
00:15:42We went deep into the forest.
00:15:46We sat under a tree.
00:15:51We were in the palace, and the plane was about to take off.
00:15:56He looked at me and said, come sit next to me.
00:16:00In fact, at the same time, I was scared.
00:16:06So I sat next to him.
00:16:11He said, do you know that I have a bomb?
00:16:17I said, yes, sir.
00:16:22He said, do you know that if I explode, I will kill you and your whole family?
00:16:31I said, yes, sir.
00:16:37I told him, you chose us.
00:16:41Let it happen.
00:16:44In fact, I had no other choice.
00:16:50Saddam was sitting next to me, and the Americans were looking for him.
00:16:58So what could I do?
00:17:01I told him, you have no choice.
00:17:03I have to kill you.
00:17:33I have to kill you.
00:18:03I have to kill you.
00:18:22Of course, every day we received information that there was someone who was responsible for the crime.
00:18:32So we found out that the Americans had set up a network.
00:18:40If the Americans wanted to reach President Saddam Hussein,
00:18:47they had to reach his relatives.
00:18:50So they knew that most of his relatives lived in these areas.
00:19:01Tikrit, Ouja, Atrafa.
00:19:06Saddam Hussein was the opposite.
00:19:09His house was across the beach.
00:19:12If they wanted to come by car, they had to drive 50 kilometers or more.
00:19:18To get to our area.
00:19:27In May, no one knew Saddam Hussein from all over the world.
00:19:38We were only seven people who knew his whereabouts.
00:19:43Some of my brothers and sisters.
00:19:46Some of the security personnel died.
00:19:51My father and I thought about him a lot.
00:19:57He was always alone.
00:20:05Ten days later,
00:20:14he decided to go back to the area.
00:20:20It was the beginning of the road.
00:20:23There was a lot of water and a lot of mud.
00:20:28I said, no, no, sir, I will go up. I don't want to cross the mud.
00:20:30I went up.
00:20:40I went up.
00:20:43I stood in front of him.
00:20:46He climbed on my back.
00:20:49Of course, he was very heavy.
00:20:52Not like us.
00:20:55It was as if I had reached him.
00:20:59I laughed a lot.
00:21:15In fact, as soon as we returned from the island,
00:21:25we quickly took our place.
00:21:28The Americans were spread out on both sides.
00:21:32The distance was about 10 meters between us and the Americans.
00:21:38In fact, the president, as soon as he saw them, was a little nervous.
00:21:43Because it is difficult for an American to walk alone.
00:21:49He pointed his gun at them.
00:21:51He pointed his gun at them.
00:21:54I grabbed his hand.
00:21:58Of course, I didn't want to do that.
00:22:01I grabbed his hand and put down my gun.
00:22:04He looked at me.
00:22:07His look was really scary.
00:22:10As soon as the Americans withdrew,
00:22:13he went to walk alone.
00:22:16In fact, I said, what have I done?
00:22:19What have I done?
00:22:22I grabbed his hand.
00:22:25I was scared.
00:22:43In fact, I asked myself yesterday,
00:22:46Do you know Saddam Hussein?
00:22:51Yes.
00:23:03Saddam Hussein had a strange personality.
00:23:06He was one of the people,
00:23:09and the nations that are celebrating this occasion.
00:23:12No one could know what was going on inside him,
00:23:16and what he was thinking.
00:23:19So when a new person stood in front of him,
00:23:24he would look into the eyes of the moment.
00:23:28He would read,
00:23:31and know what was going on inside him.
00:23:33Even after 100 years,
00:23:36he wouldn't miss a single person.
00:23:49In fact, we didn't know
00:23:52that Saddam would pull out his gun.
00:23:56We were living in anxiety and fear.
00:24:01As a young person,
00:24:04I couldn't discuss
00:24:07or object to any decision he would make.
00:24:22We didn't even know if he was a dictator,
00:24:26or a chemical terrorist,
00:24:28or a Shiite terrorist.
00:24:33We didn't know any of this.
00:24:43We live in a small area,
00:24:46with very few people.
00:24:49The media was very limited.
00:24:52We only had one TV channel.
00:24:55We only knew that Saddam was a very good person.
00:25:01He lived in a palace.
00:25:04He led a luxurious life.
00:25:07He had an army,
00:25:10and protection.
00:25:13This was all in the past.
00:25:18Now, he lives with a farmer.
00:25:21He has a small farm,
00:25:24and he's looking for 150,000 American soldiers.
00:25:43He feels that he can't live like this.
00:25:46He feels that he can't live like this.
00:25:50He feels that the Americans
00:25:53can reach him at any moment.
00:25:59I was thinking, of course,
00:26:02how long he would stay.
00:26:05I didn't know.
00:26:08He didn't know
00:26:11how long he would stay or leave.
00:26:17The truth is,
00:26:20I was very worried.
00:26:23I always thought
00:26:26that if he would stay,
00:26:29it wouldn't happen.
00:26:32I thought of my family,
00:26:35my family and my brothers.
00:26:41We were very careful
00:26:43because our relatives were close to us.
00:26:47We used to plant seeds together.
00:26:53Everything was shared,
00:26:56including water and land.
00:26:59We didn't hide anything from the Americans
00:27:02or our relatives.
00:27:05We knew each other.
00:27:08We knew what each other had in the garden.
00:27:14I suggested to Ali
00:27:17that we stay in the farm.
00:27:25Because it was difficult.
00:27:28The temperature was high.
00:27:31He agreed.
00:27:34He said, let's go and see the place.
00:27:38I also suggested to Ali
00:27:40that we do something
00:27:43for the poor.
00:27:46We'll build a shelter.
00:28:11God.
00:28:14God.
00:28:17God.
00:28:21God.
00:28:24The Americans,
00:28:27when they enter a farm,
00:28:32they always enter
00:28:35in the farthest and darkest places.
00:28:37We saw how the Americans were moving, how they were spreading.
00:28:50He said, where are you going to do it? I said, I'm going to do it near the door.
00:28:57He said, where are you going to do it? I said, I'm going to do it near the door.
00:29:27He said, where are you going to do it? I said, I'm going to do it near the door.
00:29:37I started digging with him. I did it in the shape of a T.
00:29:47I thought a Hummer or a tank would enter, so this place wasn't affected.
00:29:58So I made it from the floor and wood.
00:30:04I didn't put any metal or anything like that in it.
00:30:11So I made a hole from the plastic to pull the palm.
00:30:17I made the hole for the second hole to pull, and there was another hole to push me up.
00:30:27Because I saw the Americans, when they came to the area, they were always with the dogs,
00:30:35and they would bring them anywhere.
00:30:40So I calculated these calculations.
00:30:52I made the door of the shelter in the place where we plant the flowers.
00:30:58I made it from the palm, we call it Tabador.
00:31:04I dug the palm and planted the flower in it.
00:31:11The flower was planted in the same way, but in a line.
00:31:14I used to think that if there was information that the American soldier wouldn't come and steal the flower,
00:31:20he would say, this is my door, or something like that.
00:31:34So we put it in the shelter, and I said, let's try it in the shelter.
00:31:39So I put it in, and he put it in.
00:31:42My brothers put it in, and they threw it at us, and they didn't let the air in through the door.
00:31:51We stayed there for about 5 to 10 minutes, to see if the oxygen would stay in it.
00:31:58The first stage, we completed the shelter.
00:32:02The second stage, we had to see if the shelter was still open.
00:32:10We thought, well, it's closed today.
00:32:13We thought, there is no way, we will have to wait for a long time.
00:32:17We thought, we will have to wait for a long time.
00:32:20We thought, we will have to wait for a long time.
00:32:22In the second phase, we had to see Saddam as a farmer.
00:32:32We brought animals like cows, sheep, and chickens.
00:32:44We built a kitchen.
00:32:47We brought a cook and all the necessary tools.
00:32:54We made a private room for him.
00:32:58The president wanted to give him some privacy.
00:33:03So he asked me to bring him Mohamed Ibrahim.
00:33:16Mohamed Ibrahim was one of the president's closest relatives.
00:33:21He was a private security officer.
00:33:25He was in charge of all the state institutions.
00:33:28From the army, to the intelligence services, to the intelligence services.
00:33:32He was in charge of funding the resistance.
00:33:34Because he knew where the money was.
00:33:37Mohamed Ibrahim was everyone's friend.
00:33:46Mohamed Ibrahim had a problem.
00:33:50The last time he visited the president was when he got in the car with the president.
00:34:02Mohamed Ibrahim was the president's only son.
00:34:06He was the only son of the president.
00:34:09Mohamed Ibrahim was the president's only son.
00:34:12Mohamed Ibrahim was the president's only son.
00:34:19They spent an hour with him.
00:34:22They talked about the army and the resistance.
00:34:27And how to fund the resistance.
00:34:43At the end of June, we received news of the president's return.
00:34:49At the end of June, we received news of the president's return.
00:34:57That the resistance against the Americans had intensified.
00:35:00That the resistance against the Americans had intensified.
00:35:06At the same time, Mohamed Ibrahim began to rebuild the army and the resistance.
00:35:14Those were the days.
00:35:18But at the beginning of July, hell broke loose.
00:35:31I am today announcing a $25 million reward for information leading to the capture of Saddam Hussein.
00:35:38And a $15 million reward for information leading to the capture of either of his sons.
00:35:42And a $15 million reward for information leading to the capture of either of his sons.
00:35:57The $25 million reward changed everything.
00:36:02Before, we were only afraid of the American army.
00:36:08But now, we are afraid of the entire Iraqi people.
00:36:12We are afraid of our closest relatives.
00:36:16We are a community. We know the traditions.
00:36:20We know how to honor the guest, how to protect the guest, and how to defend ourselves.
00:36:26It is difficult to think about this.
00:36:32We don't even think about it.
00:36:34We were busy thinking about how to get rid of the Americans.
00:36:39How to defend ourselves.
00:36:40Yes, if they choose between Saddam Hussein and the Americans,
00:36:46I am with Saddam Hussein.
00:36:49And his decisions.
00:36:51The Americans resisted, and the Americans resisted.
00:36:54This was our destiny, of course.
00:36:57We had to decide to resist the Americans.
00:37:00At that time.
00:37:02Iraq became a time of hell.
00:37:10Iraq became a time of hell.
00:37:25Today, we were sitting.
00:37:27We were sitting.
00:37:38One of my brothers came.
00:37:40He said, look, the Americans are advancing towards us.
00:37:45We saw them spread out on both sides.
00:37:49On the Dijla River side, and on the other side.
00:37:58In fact, we were able to enter the refugee camp quickly.
00:38:04We were able to organize ourselves.
00:38:28We gave them biscuits and Pepsi.
00:38:32We hosted them.
00:38:34And we told them, dad, you wake up today.
00:38:37We brought dinner.
00:38:39We had dinner with the Moroccans.
00:38:41It was time to photograph.
00:38:45We were able to distract them.
00:38:49In fact, when they left, we opened the refugee camp.
00:38:53The president came out.
00:38:55We talked about the situation.
00:38:57We told him, dad, we hosted the Americans.
00:39:02In fact, he left with us.
00:39:24The next day.
00:39:35He asked me to go to Tali.
00:39:39I told him, sir, good.
00:39:41Today, you are happy.
00:39:44He said, today, he will come to Khattar.
00:39:48He said, today, I am at ease because my children will come to see them.
00:39:54Of course, it was the beginning of their departure.
00:39:57I did not see the children.
00:40:02The children came.
00:40:04I brought them Mohammed Ibrahim and another person.
00:40:14They started to kiss me.
00:40:16At the same time, of course, they cried.
00:40:18We were talking to them.
00:40:26Because they did not expect their father to live anywhere.
00:40:35He told me, give us lunch.
00:40:38I told him, sir, you prepared the lunch by yourself.
00:40:41So you have to continue to give them lunch.
00:40:44He laughed.
00:40:48We gave them lunch.
00:40:50They were talking about the situation of resistance.
00:40:53He directed them to the children, what to do.
00:41:04When he continued to meet them,
00:41:07he told them,
00:41:09you have to go to Tali.
00:41:11You have to go to Tali.
00:41:13You have to go to Tali.
00:41:15You have to go to Tali.
00:41:16He continued to meet them.
00:41:18They went to Tali.
00:41:24He was very sad.
00:41:38He said, my son, I do not want to go to Tali.
00:41:42I said, why?
00:41:44You were happy.
00:41:47You were happy to see them today.
00:41:51He said, I know them.
00:41:54This is the last time I will see them.
00:42:14On the 22nd of July,
00:42:17I arrived at my friend's house.
00:42:20I saw on the wall
00:42:23that it was written,
00:42:25I was killed.
00:42:27My hands were cut off.
00:42:29The picture was also on the wall.
00:42:44Fantastic.
00:42:45When you were asking me,
00:42:46where have you been staying?
00:42:51I left.
00:42:55But I forgot.
00:42:59I forgot where I went.
00:43:00I went back to the villa.
00:43:01It was hard for me to go back to the villa.
00:43:03The children were killed.
00:43:14I went to the farm.
00:43:24When I arrived,
00:43:27I couldn't find him in the farm.
00:43:30I asked the children,
00:43:32where is my uncle?
00:43:35They said,
00:43:37Mohamed and his brother took him.
00:43:43I was left alone.
00:43:56I went back to my family
00:43:59and my children.
00:44:03I had three children.
00:44:07I also lost a child.
00:44:14My family knew that
00:44:17I had a plan,
00:44:20but they didn't know who I was.
00:44:26I always remember,
00:44:29as I always say,
00:44:31the president told me
00:44:33that I was a time bomb.
00:44:35Indeed, I was a time bomb.
00:44:40I wanted to see them sleeping.
00:44:44I was thinking about their future.
00:44:48Their future was unknown.
00:44:49I knew that I would be killed at any moment.
00:44:52But they didn't know.
00:44:55It was very hard for me
00:44:57to see them sleeping
00:44:59or to see them talking to me and laughing.
00:45:03I thought
00:45:06I was busy with them.
00:45:09I was only thinking about their future.
00:45:12What would happen?
00:45:37Five days later, I went back to the farm.
00:45:43We hugged each other.
00:45:48He came to see me.
00:46:08He was crying.
00:46:11I saw him crying.
00:46:16He said,
00:46:18since my children were martyred,
00:46:21you are now my children.
00:46:30In fact, he went more than once
00:46:33to his relatives.
00:46:37But no one could bear it.
00:46:41Do you know that
00:46:44150,000 American soldiers
00:46:46were looking for him?
00:46:49No one could enter his house
00:46:52for a single day.
00:46:54He knew that
00:46:56no one could
00:46:59enter his house.
00:47:01He knew that
00:47:03no one could enter Iraq.
00:47:11The American soldiers were looking for him.
00:47:21He stayed there for three days.
00:47:24He was sad.
00:47:28He thought a lot.
00:47:30He decided to stay with us
00:47:33in the farm.
00:47:36We said,
00:47:37you can stay with us.
00:47:40You can take care of yourself.
00:47:46I was very upset.
00:47:49I was very tired.
00:47:52I didn't think that
00:47:55he would be able to continue
00:47:57after his children were martyred.
00:48:00But it was the opposite.
00:48:03He asked me
00:48:05to record a speech
00:48:08to show the Americans
00:48:11that he was alive.
00:48:15He also wanted
00:48:18to motivate the resistance.
00:48:21To make them feel that he was there
00:48:24to fight the Americans.
00:48:29We thought that
00:48:31after the recording,
00:48:33it would be clear.
00:48:34There were a lot of recordings.
00:48:37He could have recorded in a farm,
00:48:40or in a city,
00:48:42or in a desert.
00:48:44They were even looking for
00:48:47the sound of insects.
00:49:00I started
00:49:01to record.
00:49:03I turned on the tape.
00:49:05He started his speech.
00:49:11When he finished his speech,
00:49:14I listened to his speech.
00:49:17I returned to the tape.
00:49:20He was very happy.
00:49:23He was relieved.
00:49:25It was a good idea.
00:49:27It was a good motivation.
00:49:31When he finished his speech,
00:49:34there were
00:49:36horns in his hands
00:49:38and cars.
00:49:40It was as if he was
00:49:42in a building
00:49:44recording.
00:49:46He was inside a city,
00:49:48not a farm.
00:50:02On June 14,
00:50:042003,
00:50:06I received
00:50:08a letter
00:50:10from the Iraqis
00:50:12and their agents
00:50:14asking me
00:50:16why I had not
00:50:18been able
00:50:20to speak
00:50:22for a year.
00:50:32Get up!
00:50:34Stop!
00:50:36Stop!
00:50:38Get up!
00:50:40Get up!
00:50:42Outside!
00:50:44Out here!
00:50:46Go!
00:50:48Go!
00:50:50The confrontation
00:50:52intensified.
00:50:57Why?
00:50:59Why?
00:51:01Also,
00:51:03the opposite happened.
00:51:05The Americans
00:51:07intensified
00:51:09their search
00:51:11for me
00:51:13and for Mr. President.
00:51:15They started
00:51:17searching for all of us.
00:51:28More and more,
00:51:29the search became
00:51:31more intense.
00:51:35I suggested
00:51:37to Mr. President
00:51:39that we
00:51:41leave the area.
00:52:00Mount Hamrin is very big.
00:52:08It's not easy for anyone to live there.
00:52:12The temperature was very high.
00:52:14It was very hot.
00:52:30My relationship with him
00:52:32became more intimate.
00:52:36I suggested to him
00:52:38to speak to him
00:52:40for the second time.
00:52:43I asked him,
00:52:45what do the Americans
00:52:47want from Iraq?
00:52:49He said,
00:52:51they want
00:52:53to leave.
00:52:55I said,
00:52:56what do the Americans
00:52:58want from Iraq?
00:53:00Why did they occupy us?
00:53:02They destroyed our country.
00:53:04He said,
00:53:06of course,
00:53:08they came to take us.
00:53:10That's the first thing.
00:53:12The second thing
00:53:14was that they claimed
00:53:16that we own the weapons
00:53:18of the Great Depression.
00:53:20Of course,
00:53:22they knew
00:53:24what they wanted.
00:53:26They wanted us to leave
00:53:28and occupy Iraq.
00:53:33The situation
00:53:35started to deteriorate.
00:53:41The weather was hot.
00:53:43It was very tiring.
00:53:45We were there for two weeks.
00:53:48We returned to the farm
00:53:50for the second time.
00:53:53When I arrived at the hospital,
00:53:55I was told
00:53:57to learn
00:53:59how to use a pressure device,
00:54:01how to use a vacuum cleaner,
00:54:03how to use a vacuum cleaner,
00:54:05and how to use first aid.
00:54:07I couldn't learn.
00:54:09I had to learn.
00:54:11If I got sick,
00:54:13where would I take me?
00:54:15I was very sad.
00:54:17I was very sad
00:54:19because
00:54:21I was the only one
00:54:53He was swimming in the pool that we made.
00:54:58Soap or bath.
00:55:04So I came to him.
00:55:09I said, let me bathe your back.
00:55:12I haven't bathed in a long time.
00:55:16He said, I don't want to bathe. Give me the bath.
00:55:20So I bathed his back.
00:55:24He sat in the water.
00:55:26He sank.
00:55:32I bathed his back.
00:55:34It made us feel like he was one of us.
00:55:41I finished bathing his back.
00:55:45He said, sit in my place.
00:55:49I said, I don't want to bathe.
00:55:51I haven't bathed in a long time.
00:55:53He said, no, he doesn't need to.
00:55:55He said, sit in my place.
00:56:00He praised me.
00:56:03He said, it's not that difficult.
00:56:08At the same time, he considered us like his children.
00:56:12Not only his children, but also his friends.
00:56:15We always felt that he was not strange to us.
00:56:24He asked me to bring him a cigarette.
00:56:28He smoked it all the time.
00:56:30I brought it to him.
00:56:32Things got better.
00:56:35Everything got better.
00:56:37We were always happy to hear good news.
00:56:43I was afraid that he would get used to living in the farm.
00:56:50He didn't believe that he was living in the palace.
00:57:02When I brought him a newspaper,
00:57:04it had a picture on it.
00:57:06It said,
00:57:08the reward is 25 million dollars.
00:57:14It was a good thing between us.
00:57:17It was a bit of a joke.
00:57:19He asked me, what did you say?
00:57:22I said, sir, your price has gone up.
00:57:24Your price has gone up.
00:57:26Maybe it will go up even more.
00:57:28Our relationship started to grow.
00:57:36We told him that if he wanted to get married,
00:57:40he should bring a woman.
00:57:42We didn't mind.
00:57:47It's a custom in the Arab world.
00:57:49When a man gets married,
00:57:51he doesn't have a woman.
00:57:55The problem is,
00:57:57how can we find a woman
00:58:00and 150,000 American soldiers
00:58:03look for this man?
00:58:05It's not that hard.
00:58:15In fact,
00:58:17I became the personal doctor for Saddam Hussein.
00:58:22I became the personal doctor for Saddam Hussein.
00:58:27I became his protector.
00:58:31I became the personal driver for Saddam Hussein.
00:58:41I prepared his food for Saddam Hussein.
00:59:01In fact, he couldn't listen to me at that time.
00:59:20Mr. President asked me to call Mohamed Ibrahim.
00:59:25I will put him on the phone.
00:59:28I talked to him.
00:59:31He asked me to contact the leaders and the resistance.
00:59:40He wanted to plan more,
00:59:42because the resistance started to grow in America.
00:59:46It was time to plan.
00:59:51He kept sending me messages.
00:59:59I felt like he was giving me back everything.
01:00:10The Iraqis felt that the Americans didn't do this.
01:00:15What will happen in Iraq?
01:00:17What will happen in Iraq?
01:00:19Where is Saddam Hussein?
01:00:21Where is he in charge?
01:00:23Everyone was confused.
01:00:28At that time, he decided to form a government.
01:00:32At that time,
01:00:34it was difficult for the Americans to go out into the streets.
01:00:38They were always inside their bases.
01:00:41The resistance increased in America.
01:00:47Watch out!
01:00:49Spread out!
01:00:53I was waiting for him to return to power as soon as possible.
01:00:59If he returns,
01:01:01I will be his right-hand man.
01:01:18He will return in October.
01:01:39The Americans knew that if the resistance continued,
01:01:46they would lose their army.
01:01:55God is the Greatest!
01:01:57God is the Greatest!
01:01:59God is the Greatest!
01:02:17God is the Greatest!
01:02:19God is the Greatest!
01:02:21God is the Greatest!
01:02:23God is the Greatest!
01:02:25God is the Greatest!
01:02:27God is the Greatest!
01:02:29God is the Greatest!
01:02:31God is the Greatest!
01:02:33God is the Greatest!
01:02:35God is the Greatest!
01:02:37God is the Greatest!
01:02:39God is the Greatest!
01:02:41God is the Greatest!
01:02:43God is the Greatest!
01:02:45God is the Greatest!
01:02:47God is the Greatest!
01:02:54God is the Greatest!
01:02:57God is the Greatest!
01:03:09The Americans started giving for the When I Passed
01:03:14in order to get information about the resistance and so on.
01:03:22The American army is looking for the Iraqi president.
01:03:25It's crazy.
01:03:27You can find him everywhere.
01:03:44The American army is looking for the Iraqi president.
01:03:47It's crazy.
01:03:49The American army is looking for the Iraqi president.
01:04:11The arrests of Zine and Hamas have begun.
01:04:19What's your name?
01:04:21What's your name?
01:04:23What's your name?
01:04:24What's your name?
01:04:26You can find him everywhere.
01:04:32I was scared.
01:04:35I was worried.
01:04:49What's your name?
01:04:51What's your name?
01:04:53The American army is looking for the Iraqi president.
01:05:18I'm here with my brothers, Mohammed and Rahim.
01:05:22They tortured him a lot.
01:05:25They wanted him to confess to the murder of Saddam Hussein.
01:05:30But he didn't.
01:05:32He didn't kill Saddam Hussein.
01:05:38I thought, since Mohammed and Rahim were in the last scenes
01:05:45when the president appeared in the Grand Hall,
01:05:49I thought we should replace him.
01:05:59When Mohammed and Rahim came, the president told them,
01:06:03he said, don't come.
01:06:07Of course, he was upset by the decision,
01:06:09but he respected the decision of the president.
01:06:18A month passed.
01:06:20The cold weather began.
01:06:28The rain was falling.
01:06:31The farmhouse and the kitchen were not suitable for living.
01:06:36The kitchen had a shingle roof,
01:06:39so when it rained, the water would fall from it.
01:06:43It was difficult for us in the beginning of winter.
01:06:46It was difficult to live in it.
01:07:14In mid-November, Mohammed and Rahim came to the farmhouse.
01:07:20I saw that he was in a hurry.
01:07:24He was holding a letter in his hand.
01:07:27I asked him, where is the president?
01:07:31I told him, he is in his room.
01:07:34A few minutes later,
01:07:38we heard a loud noise.
01:07:40There was a loud noise like a scream.
01:07:45I was surprised that the president was in his room.
01:07:50He was not here.
01:07:52I was surprised that he was not here.
01:07:55I was surprised that he was not here.
01:07:58I was surprised that he was not here.
01:08:00I was surprised that for the first time,
01:08:03I heard the president speak loudly.
01:08:06I heard the president speak loudly.
01:08:10Mohammed and Rahim also spoke loudly.
01:08:13Mohammed and Rahim also spoke loudly.
01:08:15I was surprised.
01:08:18They stayed there for 15 minutes.
01:08:2115 minutes later
01:08:28Mohammed and Rahim left the farmhouse.
01:08:31He came to me.
01:08:33He was handsome.
01:08:35He was handsome.
01:08:40He told me, you know,
01:08:42He told me, you know,
01:08:44you have been with us for a long time.
01:08:47You have been with us for a long time.
01:08:51You have been with us for a long time.
01:08:53You have been with us for a long time.
01:08:55You have a real satisfaction.
01:08:57You have a real satisfaction.
01:09:00I said a prayer to the president.
01:09:02I said a prayer to the president.
01:09:15He said,
01:09:17I told him to calm down and go back and talk to him.
01:09:24He said, no, I can't talk to him.
01:09:27I said, brother, I'm not a politician.
01:09:31You know me, I'm a man.
01:09:34Mr. President is my guest.
01:09:36I'm a farmer.
01:09:41And my job is to hide from Americans.
01:09:44I don't know about politics.
01:09:46So I can't talk to him at night.
01:09:48Of course, he stayed with me for about 15 minutes or more.
01:09:55Then he turned on the car and left.
01:10:08After that, we went down the road.
01:10:13I saw a river.
01:10:18I saw the message burning.
01:10:21He was standing by the river and he said,
01:10:24this is the message.
01:10:28If they ask me to negotiate,
01:10:31to give Iraq to the Americans,
01:10:33no, I swear to God,
01:10:35I will give Iraq to the Americans.
01:10:44After he received the message, Mr. President,
01:10:48everything changed.
01:10:52We started to worry about him.
01:10:55We were very worried.
01:10:59He was always stubborn.
01:11:03He was very stubborn.
01:11:09He was always angry.
01:11:13He was always lonely.
01:11:17I stayed with him for a long time.
01:11:21Of course, being alone takes a long time.
01:11:26He didn't even show up.
01:11:29We couldn't talk to him.
01:11:35We always tried to stay away from him.
01:11:41He woke up and said,
01:11:43come with me.
01:11:45I went with him.
01:11:47He said, go ahead.
01:11:49He said, I want to see another place.
01:11:54I said, okay.
01:11:56He said, no, I have to change.
01:11:58I have to change this place as soon as possible.
01:12:04At the beginning of December,
01:12:07a lot of changes happened.
01:12:15We saw that the American army
01:12:18was preparing to attack us.
01:12:21We saw that the American army
01:12:24was preparing to attack us.
01:12:27We saw that the American army
01:12:30was preparing to attack us.
01:12:33The American army began to move.
01:12:36Airplanes were in the air.
01:12:40Their military movements were in the air.
01:12:45We felt that something was happening.
01:12:57On Sunday,
01:12:59I went to see my family.
01:13:02My son was sick at the time.
01:13:05He was hospitalized.
01:13:08I didn't have time to see him.
01:13:11I went to see my son.
01:13:14I stayed with my family for a while.
01:13:17I stayed with my family for a while.
01:13:20I stayed with my family for a while.
01:13:23I stayed with my family for a while.
01:13:26I couldn't see my son.
01:13:29I couldn't see my son.
01:13:32I was very angry.
01:13:35I was very angry.
01:13:38I was very angry.
01:13:41He had been in bed for eight months.
01:13:44He had been in bed for eight months.
01:13:47I couldn't sleep.
01:13:50I couldn't sleep.
01:13:53I remember how, at any moment, we have to try to stay away from the Americans.
01:14:01I mean, it all came from the inside.
01:14:06I mean, I'm a human being and I have feelings.
01:14:13He came up to me and said, don't be upset with me.
01:14:17I said, no, I hope I'm not upset with you.
01:14:24He said, let me make you dinner.
01:14:26I said, no, thank you, I don't want dinner.
01:14:30He said, no, you have to come, I'll make you dinner.
01:14:40At the same time, we heard sounds in the air.
01:14:54We got out of the kitchen for a bit.
01:14:57There was a change.
01:14:58There were artificial lights in all directions.
01:15:04I said, no, let's change.
01:15:05Let's get out of the place.
01:15:09During the conversation, of course, it didn't take long for him to come and run at me, my brother.
01:15:15He said to me, there are ants.
01:15:19The lights started to get closer to the farms.
01:15:28When I opened the door, there were ants.
01:15:30They were spread out.
01:15:32There were planes flying in the air.
01:15:37Things we didn't know about.
01:15:39Things we didn't know about.
01:15:43I locked the door and went back to him.
01:15:47I went back to Mr. President.
01:15:50I told him, the area is crowded.
01:15:56I told him, you have to get in quickly.
01:15:58I told him, you have to get in quickly.
01:16:08As soon as I locked the door...
01:16:19The laser from the American military was aimed at me.
01:16:24In the American language.
01:16:26I didn't understand.
01:16:29They took off my clothes.
01:16:31They hit me in the head.
01:16:32They hit me in the head.
01:16:34It was translated into Iraqi.
01:16:40I was shocked.
01:16:42I was shocked.
01:16:44Where is Salam?
01:16:48When I saw them, I felt that they had the information.
01:16:54One of the people came up to me.
01:16:57One of the people came up to me.
01:16:58He asked me, where is the cave?
01:17:01I said, I don't know.
01:17:02He asked, where is the cave?
01:17:03I said, I don't know.
01:17:05He said, we don't know.
01:17:07He said, we don't know.
01:17:08We have the sheep, the guards, the cow.
01:17:11The cow is a farmer's family.
01:17:18Where is the trunk? Saddam.
01:17:22On my head, without a helmet.
01:17:27They pulled it and put a bag over my head.
01:17:31I'm black, they pulled on it.
01:17:34Where is Saddam? Where is he?
01:17:49Where is the fucking hole?
01:18:03They put them inside the farm.
01:18:06We have a saying, the trunk is different.
01:18:13We have an area outside the farm.
01:18:16We call it the trunk.
01:18:19So we got to the trunk and they said, where is this trunk?
01:18:28He said, what are you laughing at?
01:18:30I said, this is the trunk.
01:18:33When I said this is the trunk, they started hitting me.
01:18:45They had two dogs.
01:18:53They hit me.
01:18:55They hit me in the face.
01:18:59One hit me in the back and the other in the leg.
01:19:02They pulled me.
01:19:06The dogs stopped and pulled me away.
01:19:09They said, let's go back to where we came from.
01:19:14Because they were scared and anxious at the same time.
01:19:18They didn't expect us to have a lot of fighters.
01:19:23So I got to the place.
01:19:26I was in the kitchen for the first time.
01:19:29They said, you are laughing at them.
01:19:32The second group started hitting me.
01:19:35Again.
01:19:38They put the bag on my head and pulled it hard on me.
01:19:42They saw me and I was suffocated.
01:19:45I wanted to open the bag.
01:19:48He told me, he will join the U.S. Army.
01:19:53He said it's time for me to go.
01:19:58I said, no.
01:20:01He said that I cannot join.
01:20:04Because I am following the state of the U.S. Army.
01:20:09He said, I cannot join the U.S. Army.
01:20:12I said, why?
01:20:14The Americans were digging everywhere, I was sent to them to dig, I knew that they would humiliate me, so I stayed to dig, the captain didn't have anything to say to me, he said, why don't you tell the truth?
01:20:30I said, brother, what is the truth? You came to me by mistake, this is the same farm, my farm, it was similar to yours and a farm, he said no, we came to you and the trench is here next to you and Saddam Hussein is next to you.
01:20:44I said, Saddam, I don't know, this is my story, not yours, you are mistaken.
01:20:49I was directed in the opposite direction, I was directed in the opposite direction, so I heard someone say, Ha Ala, Ha Ala.
01:21:20So, he was on my side, I raised my head, I turned to him, I turned in the opposite direction, I looked, and I saw Mohamed Ibrahim.
01:21:32I saw this man, at the same time, I collapsed, I thought I had to be killed in the same place.
01:21:47He said, my brother Ala, where are you?
01:21:52I immediately said, he took your brother Salwan this morning and went to Samara.
01:22:02The captain said, where is Samara?
01:22:06I said, I don't know, my brother Mohamed took me this morning and went to Samara.
01:22:14I said, I don't know, where is Saddam?
01:22:21The general, Mohamed Ibrahim, took me by the hand and handed me over to him.
01:22:34They all went with Mohamed Ibrahim to see this situation.
01:22:39The moment I knocked on the door, they opened the door.
01:22:46Move, move, move.
01:22:49Start digging.
01:22:55Move it up, move it up.
01:23:01Of course, at the same time, Saddam, Saddam, they were shouting.
01:23:05So, when I opened the door, they were shouting from inside.
01:23:09The translator was also shouting.
01:23:15So, I immediately said to them, yes, I am Saddam.
01:23:19But, immediately, they started shooting tear gas bombs.
01:23:39Saddam, Saddam, Saddam, Saddam.
01:23:44Saddam, Saddam, Saddam, Saddam.
01:23:58So, actually, Saddam was in the Gaza Strip.
01:24:04He was in the air.
01:24:06I was watching him.
01:24:08He was in the air.
01:24:10So, he was just breathing the air.
01:24:18Immediately, they pulled him.
01:24:21So, from the moment he breathed the air, he breathed oxygen.
01:24:27He breathed air.
01:24:28Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.
01:24:30What you see here is a short clip of the hole where Saddam Hussein was found.
01:24:41This is Saddam as he was being given his medical examination today.
01:25:00Saddam, Saddam, Saddam, Saddam.
01:25:30The next day, they took me out of the cell.
01:25:36There were three or four of us.
01:25:38I don't know.
01:25:39But, I know there were two or three people.
01:25:45They opened the door.
01:25:49We brought the clothes.
01:25:50We didn't have any clothes left.
01:25:52Just the bag and our heads.
01:25:55They started to mock us.
01:25:58They laughed at us.
01:25:59We were not human.
01:26:03Of course, their treatment was not human.
01:26:05We were not animals.
01:26:06Animals were treated better than us.
01:26:11They tortured us in many ways.
01:26:17After that, our place was exposed.
01:26:22Members of the committee, in recent days, there has been a good deal of discussion
01:26:26about who bears responsibility for the terrible activities that took place at Abu Ghraib.
01:26:32I feel terrible about what happened to these Iraqi detainees.
01:26:57I was about seven months old.
01:27:18I entered the house.
01:27:20I entered.
01:27:25I couldn't believe that I would see my family again.
01:27:28That I would see my children again.
01:27:39I am responsible for my words.
01:27:41In front of God and the law.
01:27:45What happened is in the past.
01:27:51I hope that we can benefit from the past.
01:27:57I would like to tell President Saddam Hussein that as a dictator,
01:28:05I lived with him for 235 days as a friend.
01:28:21I would like to tell President Saddam Hussein that as a dictator,
01:28:25I lived with him for 235 days as a friend.
01:28:50I would like to tell President Saddam Hussein that as a dictator,
01:28:53I lived with him for 235 days as a friend.
01:28:56I would like to tell President Saddam Hussein that as a dictator,
01:28:59I lived with him for 235 days as a friend.
01:29:20I would like to tell President Saddam Hussein that as a dictator,
01:29:23I lived with him for 235 days as a friend.
01:29:26I would like to tell President Saddam Hussein that as a dictator,
01:29:29I lived with him for 235 days as a friend.
01:29:32I would like to tell President Saddam Hussein that as a dictator,
01:29:35I lived with him for 235 days as a friend.
01:29:38I would like to tell President Saddam Hussein that as a dictator,
01:29:41I lived with him for 235 days as a friend.
01:29:44I would like to tell President Saddam Hussein that as a dictator,
01:29:47I lived with him for 235 days as a friend.
01:29:50I would like to tell President Saddam Hussein that as a dictator,
01:29:53I lived with him for 235 days as a friend.
01:29:56I would like to tell President Saddam Hussein that as a dictator,
01:29:59I lived with him for 235 days as a friend.
01:30:02I would like to tell President Saddam Hussein that as a dictator,
01:30:05I lived with him for 235 days as a friend.
01:30:08I would like to tell President Saddam Hussein that as a dictator,
01:30:11I lived with him for 235 days as a friend.
01:30:14I would like to tell President Saddam Hussein that as a dictator,
01:30:17I lived with him for 235 days as a friend.
01:30:20I would like to tell President Saddam Hussein that as a dictator,
01:30:23I lived with him for 235 days as a friend.