Saddam hussein interview dan rather biography

This interview was taped on February 24, , by Iraqi TV crews, as is standard practice for Hussein, and the Iraqis delivered a tape that combined all three cameras into one composite feed. However, as far as we can determine, the content of the interview is intact. There are places in the tape where two people are talking at once and there are repetitions.

This is a transcript of that composite tape and we apologize if it is confusing in places. Note: in almost every case, the translator is translating what Saddam Hussein has just said in Arabic. In a few minor cases, the translator is speaking for himself to Dan Rather.

Saddam hussein interview dan rather biography: The Saddam Hussein interview

Rather : I want to ask questions in two categories, please. Category one would be those questions that I think many, if not most, of Americans would like to have answered about the news of right now. And in category two, more philosophical questions. Translator For Saddam Hussein : The news are with you. But the facts news are there, with you.

Rather : Mr.