This former socialist dictator, Butcher of Baghdad, The Dear Leader, The Glorious Leader, Direct Descendant of the Prophet, the Lion of Babylon, Anointed One, the Father of the Two Lion Cubs, the Anointed One, the Successor of Nebuchadnezzar, chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, field marshall of its armies, doctor of its laws, great uncle to all its peoples, the Modern Saladin of Islam had been brought low, forced to bow down, Run to ground, whisked away to an "undisclosed location" to contemplate his fate while waiting to stand trial for his vast crimes against humanity.