Like he wasn't crazy enough to begin with, imagine the psychological torment of hiding in filthy dirt holes in the ground for the hygiene freak:
"Instead, the one-hour film, Uncle Saddam, reveals a man who seems to be preoccupied with … cleanliness.
"‘A Sweet or Stinky Smell’"
"It is not appropriate for someone to attend a gathering or to be with his children with his body odor trailing behind him, emitting a sweet or stinky smell mixed with perspiration," Saddam is shown saying to a village mayor."
"It's preferable to bathe twice a day, but at least once a day. And when the male bathes once a day, the female should bathe twice a day. The reason is that the female is more delicate and the smell of a woman is more noticeable than the male," the Iraqi president continues. "If a woman can't afford to brush her teeth with toothpaste and a toothbrush, she should use her finger."
"Soler says Saddam's emphasis on cleanliness is based on fear of being contaminated by germs and an obsession with security."