...Saad’s dreams were dashed a long time ago

'In Saddam's time I never saw a friend killed in front of my eyes. I never saw neighbours driven out of their homes just for their sect. And I never saw entire families being slaughtered and killed'

Martin Fletcher, Ali Hamdani, Ned Parker, The Time

...Saad’s dreams were dashed a long time ago. "We always say, 'Inshallah, there will be a solution’, but realistically we can’t see any hope." Would he like Saddam back? "Yes," he says.

"For many reasons. During Saddam's time I never saw a friend killed in front of my eyes, I never saw neighbours driven out of their homes just for their sect, and I never saw entire families being slaughtered and killed."...

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