I Hereby Absolve You From Your Oath of Allegiance to Me, He Said

Hussein traveled for three weeks by camel from Mecca to Iraq. He got warning after warning: The Iraqis will betray you, he was told. And every time he would sort of not acknowledge the warning and continue on,. His most famous saying is that man travels in darkness and his destiny travels toward him. On the 10th day he rode into battle alone. Nearly all the male members of his family had been killed one by one. In fact, the heads were cut off all 72 of his warriors.