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The Baghdad government issued this memo in early 1992. It details methods
for Saddam's security apparatus to tighten control of the population and crush
any opposition. Offering a clear view into the Orwellian police state Saddam
has built, it also shows how his regime in many ways parallels the Soviet
police state of Joseph Stalin, the leader Saddam most admires.
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An excerpt from Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge, by Said
K. Aburish. It chronicles how after the Gulf War ended, Saddam methodically,
and brutally, set about imposing greater control on the Army and security
apparatus, as well as on his own personal protection system, in order to thwart any
attempts to overthrow him. (read the 1992 'Plan of Action' memo noted above, for details on this crackdown.)
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Explore this FRONTLINE report on how Saddam has thwarted for years UN weapons
inspectors' efforts to find and destroy his weapons of mass destruction. For
example, read experts' views on:
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This is FRONTLINE's acclaimed in-depth report on the planning and execution of
the Gulf War. Examine the large oral history archive of interviews, including
ones with Gulf War experts Bernard Trainor and Rick Atkinson who analyze Iraq's strategy during the war, describe
the West's view of Saddam Hussein at the time, and detail Saddam's strategic
miscalculations in the war.
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A list of books drawn on by the producers in the research and reporting of
FRONTLINE's "The Survival of Saddam"
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Mark Bowden's May 2002 cover story in The Atlantic magazine draws on the
extensive literature about Saddam, as well as numerous interviews with
Iraqi expatriates who worked close to him, to offer a richly detailed,
in-depth portrait of Saddam and what has shaped him.
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