Video Questions (Answers)

1. What happens at the beginning of the Baath Party Central Committee meeting?

A man in chains is dragged into the hall and confesses that himself and others have plotted to destroy the Iraqi Government and overthrow the Ba’ath Party. 

2. How do the other members of the committee react?

People are panicked as they are scared that they will be named, so they call out praise to Saddam Hussain.

3. What happens in the second half of the video that was not shown on PBS?

The surviving half were given guns and told to shoot those who were convicted.

4. Which dictator did Saddam Hussein model himself on?

Admiration of European nationalism, fascist and socialism and especially Stalin.