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Study Source A. Why was this source published in 1988? Use the sources and your own knowledge to explain your answer.

Study Source A. Why was this source published in 1988? Use the sources and your own knowledge to explain your answer.

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2. a. Study Source A. Why was this source published in 1988? Use the sources and your own knowledge to explain your answer.
Transcribed Image Text:2. a. Study Source A. Why was this source published in 1988? Use the sources and your own knowledge to explain your answer.
SOURCE A erstock.com SOURCE C A mural painted in 1988, just after the Iran-Iraq War. SOURCE B 'Much was made in the Iraqi press of Saddam's devotion to his family and his everyday involvement with his children. Iraqis learned about his hobbies, such as fishing and gardening. In everything he said and did, Saddam presented himself as a role model for all Iraqi families.' From a biography of Saddam Hussein, written by a British author and published in 2007 'Opponents were exterminated (one wavering minister was shot dead during a cabinet meeting). Those spared a firing squad were subjected to videos showing the executing of their friends. Among the forms of torture common in Baghdad's military prisons were the amputation of sexual organs, the hammering of nails into the body and the dissolving of limbs in vats of acid. Even his closest relations were not safe. In 1996, Saddam had two of his sons in law killed for defecting to Jordan, having lured them back to Iraq with a false pardon' From an article about Saddam Hussein, published in the Daily Telegraph in January 2007
Transcribed Image Text:SOURCE A erstock.com SOURCE C A mural painted in 1988, just after the Iran-Iraq War. SOURCE B 'Much was made in the Iraqi press of Saddam's devotion to his family and his everyday involvement with his children. Iraqis learned about his hobbies, such as fishing and gardening. In everything he said and did, Saddam presented himself as a role model for all Iraqi families.' From a biography of Saddam Hussein, written by a British author and published in 2007 'Opponents were exterminated (one wavering minister was shot dead during a cabinet meeting). Those spared a firing squad were subjected to videos showing the executing of their friends. Among the forms of torture common in Baghdad's military prisons were the amputation of sexual organs, the hammering of nails into the body and the dissolving of limbs in vats of acid. Even his closest relations were not safe. In 1996, Saddam had two of his sons in law killed for defecting to Jordan, having lured them back to Iraq with a false pardon' From an article about Saddam Hussein, published in the Daily Telegraph in January 2007
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