But it was only after the final test, a meeting with Saddam himself, that Latif made his first public appearance | In 1987, Latif Yahia was taken to Saddam's headquarters to meet Uday, Saddam's eldest son, and told that a great honour had been bestowed upon him: that because of the great likeness between them, he had been chosen to be Uday's double |
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I would have stayed in Baghdad and taken a bullet from Uday, at least then I would have been buried in my country near my family | After a gruesome training programme during which he was made to watch over thirty films of torture, hours of tapes of Uday, and undertake a final remodelling of his appearance, Latif was deemed ready |
Following a week of torture, and realising he would be killed if he continued to refuse, Latif was forced to accept the role.
4Book Description: In 1987, Latif Yahia was taken to Saddam's headquarters to meet Uday, Saddam's eldest son, and told that a great honour had been bestowed upon him: that because of the great likeness between them, he had been chosen to be Uday's double | How he was treated by western governments and the CIA |
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And so began his life as Uday's double - a life on the perimeter of the inner circle of Saddam's eldest son, a witness to the horror of his insane life of debauchery, excess and brutality, and an experience for which he almost paid with his life on more than one occasion | For many Iraqis it would have been the highlight of t This book is now a major motion picture released with the same title in August 2011 |
Following a week of torture, and realising he would be killed if he continued to refuse, Latif was forced to accept the role.
For many Iraqis it would have been the highlight of their lives, but for Latif, a peace-loving man who did not agree with Saddam's brutal regime, it was not | How Latif made and lost a fortune |
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THE BLACK HOLE: gives a fascinating account of what happened to Latif in Europe after he escaped from Iraq |
How he strived in vain for a peaceful life and survived 4 more assassination attempts.
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