[pierrem15]

This article is a great summary of the buls--t the Europeans believe

I particulary like the part about "towards the end" Saddam became cruel.

Europeans are idiots.

[secretagent]

Strikes me as a very believable perspective of one Iraqi.

[piasa]

Her husband, who had participated in politics, was forced to flee underground

Judging by the time period here, that would likely mean her husband was a communist or a member of the Baathist faction which allied themselves with the internationalist communist movement.

[piasa]

Ertomaa had met an Iraqi student in France while working as an au pair, and the couple had married

During this time Iraq was sending students to the USSR to learn nuclear engineering.

[piasa]

After only four years, there was a military coup.

Actually, there were TWO coups that year.