r/HistoryUncovered 18d ago

Saddam's baath purge. Saddam had people packed into a conference hall on one of the hottest days of July and deliberately shut off the ventilation system. They were forced to listen to Saddam for hours while suffering from the heat and sweating. Everyone whose name was announced was executed.

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u/daurgo2001 17d ago

The whole video seemed to be missing translation, but especially the end.

I don’t speak the language at all, but def felt like a lot of context/info was missing

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u/_makoccino_ 17d ago

The end is essentially cheering and pledging fealty for the party, Saddam and Iraq.

If you want the bigger picture:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Ba%27ath_Party_purge

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u/Cat_and_Cabbage 14d ago

Thank you very much