House Of Saddam - Season 1 - Episode 3

May 1995. Iraq is crippled by UN sanctions for refusing to comply with weapon inspections. When inspectors are finally admitted, a cat-and-mouse game begins; weapons, chemicals and documents are buried or concealed, with inspectors chaperoned around aimlessly. In charge of the subterfuge is Qusay, Saddam’s new successor – a move that infuriates Hussein Kamal, who sees himself as the rightful heir. Tensions erupt at a meeting in which Uday taunts Hussein and throws his food at him. Convinced he’s descended from prophets, Saddam claims Iraq is being ostracized due to religious jealousy. As a “Day of Days” celebration arrives to mark the seven-year anniversary of the victory over Iran, a worried Hussein and his brother decide to cross the border to take diplomatic asylum in Jordan with their wives, Saddam’s daughters Raghad and Rana. There, Hussein meets with UN and CIA officials, offering up information on the whereabouts of Iraq’s hidden weapons while making claims to Iraqi’s leadership. Meanwhile, an infuriated Saddam moves the hidden weapons’ documents to Hussein’s warehouse, negating the UN’s reliance on him for information. No longer of value to the enemies of Saddam, the brothers are lured back to Iraq with the promise that they will be forgiven and that no harm will come at either Saddam’s or his sons’ hands. Crossing the border, however, they are arrested, forced to divorce Saddam’s daughters, and locked in a safe house. Saddam then enlists Ali Hassan Al Majid, the defectors’ uncle, to carry out their ultimate punishment.Show more