Hiding Saddam Hussein

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Hiding Saddam Hussein, is a 2024 Iraqi movie, directed by Halkawt Mustafa. with a runtime of 96 minutes.

Overview

Hiding Saddam Hussein is a Norwegian documentary that revisits one of the strangest footnotes of the Iraq War. The iconic 2003 footage of Saddam Hussein emerging from a hole in the ground is burned into global memory — but who dug that hole? Twenty years on, the Iraqi farmer responsible speaks candidly on camera for the first time. He recounts how his farmhouse was chosen as a hideout for the world's most wanted man, sheltering him from 150,000 US troops for eight months. Pressed into service as Saddam's barber, physician, and bodyguard, the farmer describes an improbable human bond forged in secrecy and mutual dependence.

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