... 1979, Saddam being the second in command, announced that the present leader General Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr had stepped down because of poor health and that he had been chosen by the Baath party as Iraq's new President, commander in chief, and head of the government as well as the party. The new President had inaugurated his administration, and then called ... revealed that he had learned of a plot against him. He began to read off a list of names of alleged "conspirators", and after a party members name was read, they were removed by the guards. Saddam recorded the whole proceedings and c...
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