Uday Hussein - The Son Who Killed Saddam's Food Taster Documentary

Uday Hussein, the eldest son of Saddam Hussein, was raised to inherit Iraq. Instead, he became one of the most feared men in the country, and lost his place as heir to his younger brother, Qusay. This full-length biography documentary follows Uday from his birth in 1964 to the final siege in Mosul in 2003. It covers the 1988 killing of his father's valet and food taster, Kamel Hana Gegeo, his exile in Geneva, his media empire and the Fedayeen Saddam. It also covers the December 1996 ambush in Baghdad that left him crippled, and the quiet rise of the brother who replaced him. IN THIS DOCUMENTARY A childhood inside a conspiracy, and the 1979 purge that shaped Saddam's Iraq "The Prince": privilege, fear and Iraqi sport under Uday's control October 1988: the killing of Saddam's food taster and the scandal that followed Exile in Switzerland and the return of a disgraced heir Sanctions, smuggling, the Babil newspaper and the Fedayeen Saddam 1995: a family shooting and the defection of Hussein Kamel December 12, 1996: the ambush in Mansour and the men behind it The price paid by the attackers' families Qusay's rise and the lost succession Mosul, July 22, 2003: the last stand of Saddam's sons The piece of steel that finally identified him ABOUT THIS VIDEO This is an educational history documentary. It describes real events involving violence and abuse, and it does not glorify or excuse anyone involved. Where accounts conflict or rest on a single witness, the narration says so. Sources include reporting by PBS Frontline World, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times and CNN. It also draws on published accounts by former aides, Saddam Hussein's personal physician Ala Bashir, CIA analyst John Nixon and hypnotist Larry Garrett. Which moment in Uday's life stayed with you most? Tell me in the comments. Subscribe for more long-form documentaries on the rulers, dynasties and dark figures of history. #UdayHussein #SaddamHussein #Documentary