| Yahya himself endured harsh torments at the hands of a man who called him a "brother"- one can only, with a great deal of dread, contemplate the atrocities meted out to enemies | 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 |
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| We revolve in its orbit | Mr Latif had the courage to go it alone and walk away when his physical being was at it's weakest |
THE BLACK HOLE: gives a fascinating account of what happened to Latif in Europe after he escaped from Iraq.
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| It's an offer that Yahia really can't refuse, on pain of death | Yahya himself endured harsh torments at the hands of a man who called him a " Interesting and Educational, Excellent Book, Latif Yahia has seen things most people cannot even imagine |
| Book 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 | I just can't get rid of the feeling that he is holding back |
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| Although this sounds as it's one of the highly contested accounts of Latif's story, it's not | I can't fathom the atrocities he has seen in his days |
The story is about an Iraqi soldier, Latif, who is forced into becoming the body double, or 'fiday', of Uday Saddam Hussain, Saddam Hussain's eldest son.
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