Following the 15-year anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s capture, a National ENQUIRER investigation uncovered sickening new secrets about the “Butcher of Baghdad” — and his lust for blood in the U.S.!
The ENQUIRER has learned the despicable Iraqi leader kept a torture dungeon in NYC, where the madman’s feared secret police, the Mukhabarat, slaughtered enemies of the regime and Iraqi dissidents!
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The underground room was within the Mission of Iraq, claims an insider, a five-story diplomatic building in an upscale neighborhood.
Victims could be detained for weeks — and graphic photos of them being tortured were used as leverage against uncooperative relatives!
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The facility’s roof skylight was blacked out to prevent spies from seeing inside, and the torture chamber was hidden behind a heavy metal door with bars across it.
“The doors were reinforced in a way that nobody could break in or out,” one official said.
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Saddam’s thugs used torture techniques like pulling out fingernails, beatings with rubber hoses and wooden planks, and maiming with copper wire.
The bodies of those executed were snuck out in diplomatic, customs-exempt packages and shipped back to Iraq, the insider added.
“Nobody has the authority to examine or open diplomatic packages,” explained the snitch.
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Saddam ruled with an iron fist from 1979 until he was nabbed by American forces in December 2003.
During his reign of terror, he constructed torture chambers and detention rooms in his nation’s embassies and missions around the world!
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Dr. Gary Jackson, a former intelligence officer for the CIA, told The ENQUIRER it is “unusual” for countries to torture and kill its citizens inside the diplomatic walls of its embassies, but it does happen.
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Saudi Arabia came under fire in October when journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of the country’s crown prince, was hacked to death inside its embassy in Istanbul, Dr. Jackson noted.
“There can be locations around the world where these types of things happen. Perhaps it’s safe for them to think ‘it’s our territory,’ but that doesn’t make it legal or right,” added Dr. Jackson.
“Obviously Saddam felt he could do whatever he wanted.”
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Saddam’s torture tactics gained such a reputation, many Iraqi ex-pats in the U.S. feared entering the Iraqi embassy in Washington, D.C., to conduct personal business.
“This was the game under Saddam,” one official said. “You never know what could happen to you when you walked into one of our embassies — even here in the U.S.”
The underground room was within the Mission of Iraq, claims an insider, a five-story diplomatic building in an upscale neighborhood.
Victims could be detained for weeks — and graphic photos of them being tortured were used as leverage against uncooperative relatives!
Photo credit: Getty Images
The facility’s roof skylight was blacked out to prevent spies from seeing inside, and the torture chamber was hidden behind a heavy metal door with bars across it.
“The doors were reinforced in a way that nobody could break in or out,” one official said.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Saddam’s thugs used torture techniques like pulling out fingernails, beatings with rubber hoses and wooden planks, and maiming with copper wire.
The bodies of those executed were snuck out in diplomatic, customs-exempt packages and shipped back to Iraq, the insider added.
“Nobody has the authority to examine or open diplomatic packages,” explained the snitch.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Saddam ruled with an iron fist from 1979 until he was nabbed by American forces in December 2003.
During his reign of terror, he constructed torture chambers and detention rooms in his nation’s embassies and missions around the world!
Photo credit: Getty Images
Dr. Gary Jackson, a former intelligence officer for the CIA, told The ENQUIRER it is “unusual” for countries to torture and kill its citizens inside the diplomatic walls of its embassies, but it does happen.
Photo credit: Getty Images
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Saudi Arabia came under fire in October when journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of the country’s crown prince, was hacked to death inside its embassy in Istanbul, Dr. Jackson noted.
“There can be locations around the world where these types of things happen. Perhaps it’s safe for them to think ‘it’s our territory,’ but that doesn’t make it legal or right,” added Dr. Jackson.
“Obviously Saddam felt he could do whatever he wanted.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Saddam’s torture tactics gained such a reputation, many Iraqi ex-pats in the U.S. feared entering the Iraqi embassy in Washington, D.C., to conduct personal business.
“This was the game under Saddam,” one official said. “You never know what could happen to you when you walked into one of our embassies — even here in the U.S.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
