House of Saddam

House of Saddam is a 2008 docudrama that charted the rise and fall of Saddam Hussein. A coproduction between BBC Television and HBO Films, the series was first broadcast on BBC Two in the United Kingdom in four parts betweenJuly andAugust 2008.

1979 Shortly after the Iranian Revolution, Iraqi vice president Saddam Hussein fears the increasing influence of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, as well as Iraqi president Ahmed Hassan alBakrs proposed union with Syria. Saddam instigates the overthrow of President alBakr. After being appointed president, Saddam orders his halfbrother, Barzan Ibrahim alTikriti, to initiate a bloody purge of the Baath Party leadership in order to wipe out traitors. Saddam himself executes his closest friend and ally, Adnan Hamdani, as a show of strength. The Islamic Dawa Party rocks Baghdad with a series of terrorist attacks while Saddam is on a hunting trip in Tikrit with his wife Sajida Talfah and son Uday.Saddam attempts to maintain good relations with the United States as he declares war on Iran. Meanwhile, he begins an affair with married school teacher Samira Shahbandar. Saddam orders the execution of two Iraqi generals after a military defeat at Khorramshahr, and turns against Barzan following the death of their mother this puts the arranged marriage of Raghad, Saddams daughter, and Mohammed, Barzans son, in jeopardy. After Saddam survives an assassination attempt in the Dawa stronghold of Dujail, Barzan fears for his own life and razes the city in retribution. Saddam exiles Barzan to Switzerland and marries Raghad to Hussein Kamel alMajid, forming an alliance with the alMajid clan. Hussein Kamel takes over Barzans post and becomes the new leader of the Special Republican Guard. ........

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