Tikrit: 20 years since the US invasion, what has become of Saddam Hussein’s birthplace? • FRANCE 24
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- It has been 20 years since the United States and its allies invaded Iraq in their “war on terror” amid claims that the country’s dictator, Saddam Hussein, possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction. Along with Baghdad, the dictator’s birthplace Tikrit, was quick to fall. But what has become of Tikrit, once a rich and flourishing town, in the 20 years since the invasion? FRANCE 24’s Lucile Wassermann reports.
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It is always astonishing to me how nonchalant can democracies be with their own crimes… incredible!
Iraq’s democracy is very unstable. Their version of the parliamentary system does not answer to the people, particularly the protection of the minority Sunni. There are still a lot of scars from the Iran/Iraq war, the Iraqi Civil War from 20 years ago, then of course IS takeover of the region. Both sides have shed much blood over the past 40 years. i’m not even talking about the historical context of Ali and that the Shia believe he was martyred by the Sunnis. Democracies are all very unstable in the beginning, I believe in Iraq’s case that is even more true. I would not call it crimes, Iraq is particularly complex with the strange bureaucracy of the popular mobilization forces and the fact that nobody really wants to help them, crime is a little bit extreme.
It's called hypocrisy.
do as i say not as i do
They kill those people for demokracy,you dont understand
@@specter7-1977 That's not what he is talking about!
As a British man I want to see Tony Blair in prison for his war. As for Iraq, the country needs peace but the people don’t seem to want to move on without settling old scores. Your country will never move forward to better times if you refuse to stop living in the past and accept that every human being on earth is equal.
Tony bears quite the responsibility but I think Dobbaya, Chaney and Karl Rowe are the OG bad guys in this story. Haliburton execs also. A group of people from here took out a full-page ad in the NY times to make it known to the world that this was not done with the acceptance of the Icelandic nation.
The town was a hotspot for isis.
Why dont try saying that to the thousands of innocent people in iraq who had to see their family blown up. Their family members raped/tortured. Their businesses destroyed. Their houses bombed. It's very easy to say that from the comfort of your home.
You are wrong about one thing every one is not equal. Some have more brain power than others. Modern science has proven this as well look at it yourself some people just cannot be a Doctor or a Lawyer, some will never make it past just a tunnel vision only job for their minds are different for numerous reasons. I hate it when i hear someone say all people are equal. We are not. If I was equal to Presidents of America I would be rich but my pea bit of a brain bogs down when memory and comprehension comes into play. So a poor man I have been and a poor man I am.
I’m sure if you asked the people you would be surprised, these people are highly intelligent people far more than us in my western opinion
If no oil in Iraq, no.war!
France didnit get its loot share in iraq war so it invaded Libya
And the USA helped them
@@joeanthony8087 No
@@gamedayswede yes Obama bombed Libya in 2011 what rock were you under
@@joeanthony8087 it's true, and multiples Franch soldiers took places in the first invassion in 2011
God forgive us for what we did in Iraq.
What’s even more dangerous is it goes on unchecked or questioned..Surely if your going to police the world you have to lead by example and clean up ur own backyard first..
@@Roscoe.P.Coldchain Agree
Thanks so much for the updates of a war torn country, from 🇫🇯 Fiji
Nice report France 24. I actually really liked it. You made clear the challenges, the current situation/status, the causes (in the recent war and a mention of 1400 years ago.) Its complicated and you brought that across... As a "Westerner" who served in a role for a middle eastern government, I like your approach to this episode. I hope it stimulates the minds of those not familiar with the region and its challenges.
Satan's kid's strong
FRANCE sold a lot of WEAPONS to SADDAM, a point they CONVENIENTLY MISSED.
how is this not a "crime against humanity"??
It is even to most Americans. Most of us recognize that as a fact. It isn't a crime to the richest 1% who rule the USA along with the military industrial complex. It's a shame and it' was senseless.
@@daddy1571 what does it have to do with richest 1%?
@@edwin_thomas_c_r LMAO! Educate yourself. I'm not going to.
Its not a crime because "the crime occurred to Sunni Muslims" that's why its not a crime in the eyes of a shia!
@Daddy it's so lazy to make an irrelevant claim and then refuse to give context. You said it so back it up
UK Australia Poland Ukraine took part in this too.
US is not alone
Alot more eu countries,
@@kaulumapaulus9234Main invading forces USA ,UK ,KSA Egypt , ah yea KSA and Egypt somehow forgoten to be mentioned
They all followed US leadership , none country would dare intervene without Daddy US
I mentioned those who have sent soldiers on ground
EU is the slave of the US. The EU cannot think for itself. It follow sheepishly wherever the US goes.
Was there any minute long silence for these invasions in the UN?
No. Just like there wasn't when Saddam invaded Iran or when he invaded Kuwait.
@@esbenm6544 You’re comparing Kuwait and Iran invasion to Iraq 😂
WMD Intel was the biggest blunder ever and no prosecutions of those responsible - just sad
Saddam GASSING KURDS and using WMD against IRAN & his INVASION of KUWAIT were FACTS , Brainwashed Troll.
The WMD is real, its just hidden in the desert and all that know where they are was killed by Iraqi regime.
I know Saddam was a dictator, but it was strategic mistake to topple his regime. Now Iraq is fully controlled by Iran which is one our worst adversaries.
Talk about Christian west killerd 1,5 million innocent muslims, Kids womens.
Which is why France didn't participate in 2003 invasion of Iraq.
@@Etendard1708 ohhhh then why participate in libya
@@azmicaseer8584 Did France invaded Libya directly?
@@azmicaseer8584 Plus whyy the "saint" Gadaffi supporting the rebels in Peru (Shining Path) and Indonesia (Aceh) despite these countries never intervened in Libya? I guess Gadaffi deserves that, it's a karma, the people finallly toppled him.
See how America did to this Beautiful place❓ it disheartening to think of those displce residents‼️😭😭😭
Saddam's real geopolitical sin was threatening the oil supplies produced by the Gulf States, starting with Kuwait. The US could not let Saddam's army to proceed. The White House's problem was they could not bring themselves to chase down Saddam and then get out, turn govt over to the Iraqi Army. We could have saved ourselves a whole lot of trouble. Problem is, the US warmongers, aka neocons, can't stop.
Lies is because of dollars and hagemoneny
the US told him to fight Kuwait and next bombed his army to the ground and the next mistake was when he went on Iraqi televison and said I WILL SELL OIL IN EURO CURRENCY.
@@aqeel-3771 No one told him to invade Kuwait. He made that decision himself and provided historical reasons.
Exactly, they overproduced oil and petroleum to hurt and cripple our economy. Saddam talked to the gulf diplomatically and asked them many times to stop and why they're doing this, they still proceeded. What else can he do??
@@esbenm6544 ?
Great video. Thank you
Great content. Need more like this.
From what I heard there were never weapons of mass destruction
there were oil, no weapons' the Americans are like flies to a honey. colonizers and invaders professional thief's too
There were never. Any ....One day US will reap what they sow
@@mthokozisicele7067 They will continue to inflict damage and dominate the world with their futuristic weapons more likely. You can wish all you want but so did all the other people from places the US annihilated. What about Japan? Two atomic bombs and what? Nothing!
NATO and America are responsible and the world hasn't forgotten
What NATO? LOL you don't read history. Not all NATO countries participated in the invasion of Iraq 2003. France & Turkey being notable example.
Which world, dictators and their slaves?
It's not America's fault that Iraqi people couldn't come together after the death of Saddam and build something great. They had the chance but they blew it due tribalism.
Aaah yes it were Americans that toppled his statues, it were Americans that paraded in the streets after the death of the Dictator. It were Americans that formed ISIS and made slave markets in Raqqa. A dumb backwashed religious people blaming all their problems on America because thats easy, actually evolving is hard.
@@Etendard1708 France was busy looting from West Africa. Over 500 billion dollars a year. That's excluding all the money made from.selling weapons and exploiting the natural resources of West Africa.
So amazing how they suddenly metamorphosed into "the protectors of democracy".
continue resting in peace Sadaam, in your leadership ......... we all respected Iraq, today it is a failed state, pale shadow of its former self
💛💙❤
@Iddo Balcha no is thanks to your ignorant mentality.
Iraq has potential like other rich Oil neighbors but fails to be.seems like only dictators can help Arabs to be something...
He was a criminal, as are you.
@user-ov6px2ky5l he was criminal? So Where is Iraq now?
Destroyed iraq.. found no weapons of mass destruction.. sad
This question realy goes to the united nations security council ! Why the Americans government leaders are not be judged in the international tribunon in eyes 👀 of the world nations???🌍
they will be judged well not a atom worth will be left even for the atom worth they will be punished. today America and the whole nato can join hands and destroy but on that day they will beg for mercy. but there wont be, there wealth kids there status wont make any difference. that day is the day when the king of kings will be the judge. the one who created you, ALLAH. the perfect judgement and the perfect punishment is on to america and nato also the rest who did what they did to us.
This is just to show you how they don't even trust each other because of their doctrine an extremist way of thinking
I can't believe that is been 20 year's,what is goin on with time why is time goin faster than before.never I remember time goin by so fast in my life.
It is also the birth place of salah aL Deen who liberated Jerusalem from the crusaders who also liberated Egypt from the Fatimids.
"liberated" in this context is purely a matter of perspective
May all countries that went there and supported killing never find peace, like Ukraine was in iraq and many more countries. May they turn against eachother AMEEN
Ameen
Ameeen
American is neither your friend or your enemy. It only depends on your position.. But being his friend can be deadly, being enemy can be somehow benefit..
Don’t ever want to be there again!! The memories though
God is watching our steps
People stop killing people
Whre can we find the original Love for each other?
What scripture have you been reading? It's mostly about killing and despite what believers claim, it is highly ambivalent about it.
Good to have this opportunity. Lot of history....
War on terror or chemical weapons or war for oil?
Evidence was clear - but didn't found anything: that says a lot 🤣🤣🤣.
white is a popular colour choice for cars in tikrit , car salesman " you have 3 selections of colour for this car , its white ,white and white and sir i have to say the white is very popular " ok ill go with the white then , " excellent choice sir"
Unfortunately, US has never been punished for her war crimes. It gets to judge others
They don't exist , never happen so get over it
Wear we cutting people's limbs off ? Nah
@@joshuastratton190 Killing by bombs is legal unlike maiming
@@mechalovessquirrels18 I guess people strapping bombs to them self is cool with ya
@@joshuastratton190 your country is cancer for world i hope one day your country wil face same consequences as iraq,libia,afghanistan,veitnam
Wow, 20 years since Michael Moore's brilliant speech at the Oscars.
Moore's a two-bit fraud who uses cheesy, dishonest editing to fool morons with his pseudo-documentaries.
Good video. Will the newly found agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran bring some change?
Iraqi Sunni in Iraq have been displaced and marginalized due to the fact that Saddam Hussein was Sunni Muslim. Their towns and villages have been burned to ground by both the Kurds and Iran's allies the Shia military groups.
The villages got burned because they joined isis.
@@fogshadow9112 LOL Every Sunni in Iraq is eliminated by simply saying " they joined ISIS" NOP just a pretext and a False Narrative. You cannot simply burn villages by saying they joined ISIS.
@@ebnhahn1993 Are you Iraqi? Have you been in Iraq? Why are you trying to bs about my own country?
Go search up camp speicher massacre. Some of the tirbes of tikrit massacred fleeing Iraqi trainees in cold blood after promising them free passage.
How do you figure the army free these towns from isis. I guess by throwing roses and blowing kisses. These towns and cities were only going get liberated by battles. The airstirkes on these towns and cities was done by the US led coalition. Innocent people who isis used as human shield were killed.
Isis is not sunni. Isis is salafi wahabi ideology. Never mix up the two. It is very dangerous.
Tikrit is also the place where the the historical figure and hero Salah AL Deen hails from.
He was a Kurd
@@cannibalronny7314 Saladin was a Kurdish born in Tikrit, then he went to Damascus later.
I noticed how they found all the WMD's that was the premise for the war. Right? A once beautiful country destroyed as a result. The blood of our young American soldiers spilled for a personal feud between the Busch's and Hussein. Hussein and his sons were tyrants and no angels, maybe they deserved the fate they ultimately suffered however many thousands needlessly died. The area gave birth to Isis as a result of the power vacuum causing even more suffering, horrors, and death as a result. Our soldiers did what they were ordered to do by the POTUS and coalition at the time based on false intelligence information. Sad. If the truth be told, the Busch's are no angels either.
This will keep on for generations.
Yes, its all about religious groups...
So sad how US ruined one beatifull country and made it wartorn
He did not tell the truth about who destroyed Saddam tomb, and who took the body out of the tomb and where it was take.
These people massacred 1700 students from the southern regions in 2014.
Those UN inspections, they were allowed to go anywhere at anytime or where they frequently denied access or told to come back later? Be sure to leave those details out of your "story"
They should have listen to President Chirac
Bush, and his team have so much to answer to Allah…….InshaAllah Allah will bring justice to the people of Iraqi
We not answering to someone we dnt believe 🤣🤣🤣🤣 he not real
Remember Your Father Saddam Hussein
Lol
@@walterthompson8598 that's why the same is happening in Europe now
@@walterthompson8598 that’s your problem if you don’t.
Iran's regime was big winner!
So what iraq is also a shia majority country we don't want any daesh sunnis in Iraq 😉
its much better than cia.
Ahh yes, Sadam was such a noble man. No persecution of minorities, nor did he ever invade Kuwait and Iran. You can't simply hop into any point in the history of the middle east and be able to comprehend anything. So many empires and wars, over thousands of years, created a massive web of chaos with short intervals of amazing growth.
@Fight authority Remember Your Father Saddam Hussein
@Fight authority yes I also have nothing to do with that tyrant bush 🤣
@Fight authority ofc bush tyrant but I'm saying remember your father Saddam Hussein
He was a pan Arabist.
As for Kuwait, the invasion was result of Kuwaiti stealing of Iraqi oil for years and the Kuwaiti authority didn't agree to compensate in multiple meetings.
Then Saddam decided invaded.He did pushed arabism over Kurds for sure.But your remark regarding Kuwait isn't correct
Iraq was always and will always be hopeless. The people are born doomed just like in Afghanistan.
Now they are doing it with Ukraine
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40 years
Muslims : There are 1.8 billion muslims around the world
Also muslims:
was there at the presidential palace 2004.
Wasn't that Speicher, seems like a long time ago.....
Isis is not gone !! They just took off their Uniforms.. untill once again if needed they will Reappear..
Fish farms really caught me off guard...
The only war France was against, well done Mr Chirac.
War on terror 😂😂😂😂...... It's War on oil can be used for 45+ years for USA and it's Ailes... 💯💯💯💯💯
People responsible for all of this destruction are walking free, they deserve to be sentenced to life in prison.
How many Countries Left Passing Grade can have Air Force
Does he ever mention the First Bush Gulf Oil War (BGOW I) of 1991??
You can't talk about the Second Bush Gulf Oil War of 2003 (BGOW II) without thoroughly discussing BGOW I.
They fear even the dead saddam.
While there are fighting each other who's stealing oil 🛢 🙄
Buddy wearing a $20K solid gold presidential Rolex complaining🤣
so did they find any of these mobile reseach labs ?
That's really sad in My view never'eles time to tell inSha ALAAH God willing 👏
No WMD ever found...
I think they should just give that town to the families of soldiers that were killed by ISIS and the Sunni ISIS supporters.
A bit misleading to just look at Tikrit as people will extropolate to the rest of Iraq. This was an area that did not suffer under Saddam Hussein’s long and brutal dictatorship yet suffered after the US-led invasion. It might have been more meaningful to look at the country as a whole and sample opinions more widely. I doubt many would be wanting the US to come back but equally most wouldn’t want the previous regime either. Iraq’s future is in its own hands now.
No our future is in its own iran hand
Iran is take over iraq
All iraqis whatever Sunni Shia or Christian are now suffering from Iranian militias
No they won't. And if they do, it's their fault.
The key word is “tribal.”
Looks like nothing has changed
You destroyed Iraq, and found what weapons till now??? What was your agenda??? Oil
الإجرام الإيراني الذي مازال في إيران والعراق وسوريا واليمن وبمشاركة أتباعهم و من اعتمدتهم الأمم المتحدة سلطات الأمر الواقع لا يمكن لأحد أن ينشر فيلما من خلال برنامج أنه خيال مريض نفسي مجرم قاتل للقتل ، نرجو منكم نشرها الآن صدام ونظامه ماضي ، تنظيم الملالي المجنون حاضر الآن والجرائم المرتكبة ضد الناس لا تتوقف ،
16:00 what’s the problem that occurred 1,400 years ago? The splintering of Islam into Sunni and Shia factions?
What if Iraq had all those weapons. Iraqies could say” the USA has weapons that can destroy the Arab countries within minutes” same thing🤷♂️🤦♂️
Iraq 🇮🇶 is just one of many countries that America 🇺🇸 caused havoc in.
Which country a US intervention actually helped ? None
Certain US politicians made a bundle of money off this war.
The US defense industry was a bread basket of funds and made it possible for unlimited spending.
It’s always crazy to see that UN Security Council meeting knowing what we all know now. It is the grossest display the US government has made in my 48 yrs. In that moment the fate of thousand of men and women in our military were sealed. We may never know how many Iraqi civilians paid with their lives.
Please subtitles English auto
Now let's visit Algeria pls..
Is that the Virgin Mary on the wall in the final scene?
This is not about Tikrit
Sandals and camouflage
Look, how you Westerns converted such beautiful cities into rubbles.
another good example of americans bringing democracy all over the world....film ukraine over 20 year from now....gona look same as today
Dear West where are the Weapons of mass destruction???
ask the kurds that was brutaly murded by the sarin gas.
Tikrit is where Bomber Harris perfected his Aerial Policing techniques. Sadam Hussein was a child at that time.
The Iraq invasion was about grabbing Iraqi resources, especially oil.😊
This was unjust and unjustifiable aggression! US and its allies can do anything to any country with impunity but other countries cannot.
You mean like what Russia is doing to the Ukraine? Looks like they're getting away with impunity.
Is there a difference between the invasion of sovereign Iraq and the invasion of sovereign Ukraine?
So USA should be punish for Iraqi offense.
No, they should be praised.
This is the reason why Africa middle eastern and asia countries should ditch wèstern countries as soon as possible
Iraq was Devastated by AMERICAN
They asked for it
@@larrybimak8287 bet the insurgent are more miserable
@@joshuastratton190 i wish this for uk you ask for it
@RandomAmerican🇺🇸 America is evil
5:08
Those, the Arabs who should rule iraq.
Hard to believe that Clint Eastwood is much older than Saddam but is still alive.
Because no one executed clint eastwood.
@@far_centrist I highly doubt that Saddam will reach his 90s though. LOL
@Larry Bimak Of course Clint, with his amazing movies. hehe
@Larry Bimak Great truthful comment regards from Ireland.
UK and American need to rebuild Iraq it only fair !
China is happy to, for a price and they did.
what is the town in Iraq they are talking about?
Tikrit
Ironic the French posted this with their colonies 🤣
wow what a deep take 🙄
@@esbenm6544 just an observation funny you can’t differentiate the two 🤣
Christians in libya and iraq would prob prefer to have kept them in place. Both countries are still reeling years later.
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Iran is the biggest demon in the planet
I can't side with Islamic State sympathisers. Shias on the other hand are more humane. More progressive.
Tell that to the thousands of protesters and innocent civilians they killed after isis
@@Yolorjjrwhat do you mean?