Saddam Hussein

“ All our people had triumphed, even those who had fought in the opposite trench. This is the spirit with which we should approach our people. But was this spirit actually put into effect, in keeping with the orders issued after March 1975? The answer is no. Some people became over-confident and were guilty of errors and excesses. In the context of this major achievement, for the sake of history we must ask ourselves: From a scientific point of view, taking into consideration all the prevailing circumstances, are the errors which took place natural ones? ”

“ The only element of leadership he ever possessed was a rifle. Hence, the only thing he wished for was a rifle.
This is the first time I have said this. Not even at the leadership meetings have I said that, given these circumstances, the errors, which occurred, seem natural to me. Since we in the leadership are very sensitive to errors, the members of the leadership, present in this hall, are aware that I am saying this for the first time. We sharply reprimand the advanced cadres, taking them to task for the smallest error. ”

“ The greatest victory was that, up to the present, no soldier had fired at any individual from the opposite trench when the latter had exhausted his ammunition and raised his rifle in capitulation. The greatest victory was that not one woman had been raped during the fighting. ”