The Dhaka Times Desk Several sensational facts have come out recently about the former president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein. After the information provided by his daughter, the CIA agent gave unknown information!
Saddam Hussein was the former president of the popular and powerful Iraq of the independent sovereign. When the invasion of Iraq led by the United States of America began on March 20, 2003, the fate of this iron man Saddam suffered.
Saddam Hussein went into hiding at the beginning of the invasion. After exactly 6 months, Saddam was caught in September 2003.
The CIA sought an expert to interrogate Saddam after his capture. The task of this expert is to interrogate the detainee to ascertain whether he is the real Saddam or not.
That expert was John Nixon. He began studying Saddam soon after joining the CIA in 1998.
Nixon's job in the intelligence agency was to collect inside information on world leaders.
A report on John Nixon was published on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire program on Wednesday. It recounts his experiences interrogating President Saddam.
John Nixon said Saddam was also in Iraq in 2003 when a team of U.S. troops captured him in an underground hole near his farmhouse in his hometown of Tikrit.
There were earlier rumors that Saddam's lookalikes were kept for security purposes. That's why the United States hired Nixon to confirm Saddam's capture.
Nixon, who left the CIA in 2011, immediately recognized Saddam when he saw him two years later. Nixon said, "When I saw him there was no doubt in my mind that he was Saddam Hussein."
Nixon said, "When I started talking to Saddam, he looked at me like he was looking at a book on my desk."
Nixon interrogated the prisoner Saddam Hussein. He was the first person to question Saddam in detail in many days.
In this regard Nixon said, I am interrogating the most wanted man in the world - I pinch myself for believing this. Now I think how funny it was.
This former CIA agent has written a book titled 'Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein' about the former president of Iraq. He portrays Saddam as a leader full of inconsistencies.
Nixon's book portrays a stark contrast to the US media's distorted portrayal of Saddam. He brings out the human side of Saddam in the book.
Nixon said, Saddam Hussein is one of the most charismatic figures I have ever met. Whenever I met him I found him charming, wonderful, funny and humble.
Nixon also said that at times the dark side of Saddam's character would emerge. When he lost his temper, he seemed angry, angry, nasty, mean-spirited and quite scary.
Nixon said he faced Saddam's bad side two to three times during interrogations.
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was interrogated in a small, dirty, unsanitary room on a folding iron chair.
Nixon, a lie detector and blood pressure-respiration data collector and polygrapher and an interpreter were present in the room at the time.
Noting that Saddam was a narcissist, Nixon said, "The former president loved talking to me."
Nixon also said that Saddam Hussein had been hiding for several months. At that time he did not talk much with anyone.
That's why in the first session, Nixon tried to come to this compromise with Saddam so that he would agree to cooperate. Saddam said he liked the talk.
Although the beginning was positive, by the next day, Saddam was very doubtful. Nixon said, Saddam was the most suspicious man I ever met. Every question I asked him, he would ask me back.
Nixon said that there was little interest from the CIA in encouraging Saddam to talk.
However, considering the historical importance, Nixon recorded Saddam's own speech. Nixon said that he asked Saddam about certain things according to the CIA's instructions. But he also recorded himself asking Saddam many questions on his device.
The most important issue for questioning Saddam was 'weapons of mass destruction'.
Nixon said that the main interest of the White House was the issue of weapons of mass destruction. However, speaking with Saddam, discussing with his advisors and various studies, it is known that Saddam stopped the country's nuclear weapons program a few years ago. He had no intention of starting over.
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