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Ep. 67: Saddam Hussein's Demise

The Re-Education with Eli Lake

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Saddam Hussein's Nuclear Program and the Nuclear Weapons Convention

Saddam Hussein claimed to have destroyed thousands of chemical shells that were never accounted for. He wanted the world to think he had weapons of mass destruction but did not, says Peter Bergen. The U.S. intelligence community believed Saddam was trying to hide stuff and it didn't make any sense according to Bergen. "This was a process that was pretty clear that Saddam had violated"

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