Title: The Insider
Description: From his vantage point as a reluctant 'Saddam favourite,' Ala Bashir observed and tracked political events in Baghdad. he also witnessed and recorded in detail the hidden life of Saddam's regime and family, the fear and the killings, the partying and extravagant lifestyles, the intrigues and power struggles. His story is a shocking revelation of a regime's total disregard for human life and dignity.
Subjects: Politics and government, Physicians, Leibarzt, Artists, Social conditions, Heads of state, Biography, Hussein, saddam, 1937-2006, Physicians, biography, Artists, biography, Iraq, politics and government, Iraq, social conditions
Places: Iraq
People: Ala Bashir (1939-), Ḥusain, Ṣaddām, Saddam Hussein (1937-2006)
Time periods: 1991-2003, 20th century, 1979-1991