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"Every man possesses the ability to surpass the destiny that awaits him."
March 6, 2026
Narrator
He was unlike his father and uncle and was not like-minded like his older brother Saddam. Soldat Hussein was more… much more.
He was one of the greatest administrators of the time, if not the best reformer in the Middle East. Soldat was a philosopher, a politician, a soldier, a man of the people, and a powerful orator.
All of these traits were coupled with an attribute that soon made him one of the greatest enemies of the West, depending on your perspective; he was a revolutionary...
At the tender age of 14, he had already written dozens of manifestoes and articles about the treatment of the Arabian states by their overlords and even countries further away.
He protested within his written works against the mandates of the British and French policymakers, who had divided up the lands of the Middle East for themselves to satiate their greed and political interests that benefited little of the Iraqi people and the Arabian states.
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Dr. Humfrey Dresen - University of Oxford, London
"He looked at his country, its economy… its people… the nation as a whole and thought that it was drowning."
"Drowning under British rule and the imperialistic regime maintained by King Faisal the Second at that time, he realized after months of thought and contemplation that the country needed to be saved; no matter how arrogant or impossible it might have sounded, he believed that only he—and he alone—could save it and shape it in his image, as a true prosperous nation, an empire like the days of old, the greatest nation the world would ever see…."
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At the age of 16, Soldat had joined the Iraqi military, a military that was tied to the monarchy and the government he sorely disliked.
As a private among the many foot soldiers of the military, Soldat knew that he had to stand out to rise up the chain of command and influence. So after a year and a half of performing only basic tasks typical of a soldier during peacetime, Soldat began to demonstrate his true value. He aspired for his superiors and peers to recognize his uniqueness, distinguishing himself from the mere soldiery who had received training. If they were mere stones, he was to be a diamond, shiny and precious, and so outshine them, he did.
Soldat had proved his intellect and capability in leading and administration, eventually catching the eye of a certain army commander, Abdul Salam Arif.
Arif recognized Soldat's potential, noting his skills as an organizer, young tactician, and administrator and eventually as one of the best orators he had ever encountered; his speeches were so compelling that many politicians, clergymen, and even soldiers would stop to listen, despite the fact that it was challenging to gather a crowd of Iraqi soldiers for even a minute, as they often claimed they had "better things to do, like taking a shit." And this demonstrated to Arif that Soldat's charisma was unmatched, and his intelligence and quickness surpassed those of many individuals three times his age. If anything, over the first few days of observing his new aide, Arif consistently concluded that Soldat was better suited for government politics rather than the army.
A soldier in mind but a politician at heart, he always reminded the young man, who would always deny such a claim.
And so time passed, and so it went for months, eventually turning to a year. In that time, Soldat worked as hard, diligently, and efficiently as any aide to Arif would, learning whatever he could from his superior as he continued his duties, and though his loyalty to the man was never insincere, his loyalty to himself far outranked that of Arif. His goal of being the head of Iraq was always in mind, and unbeknownst to the superior officer, this was all according to a plan he devised years ago, which included strategic alliances and calculated moves to gain power within the political landscape.
Soldat had entrenched himself in the shadows of his higher-ups wherever he could, manipulating subtly, gathering secrets and information, and paving the way for his rise in the future without garnering the wrong attention all too smoothly.
By eighteen he had already become a captain, a rank that was never handed out easily, especially to someone of a young age who was neither nobility nor royalty.
During his tenure as aide to Arif, he had become more or less a political consultant who had remained uncontested in political debates within the army and further become an advisor to Arif on economic topics and administration. So Soldat had made himself an irreplaceable advisor, someone whom Arif would listen to despite the complaints from older officers who outranked him.
His reliance would even increase over months leading up to an event that changed Iraqi history for decades to come, specifically the strategic maneuvering that Soldat orchestrated to position himself for power during a critical political upheaval.
On July 14, 1957, Colonel Abdul Salam Arif, along with Abd al-Karim Qasim, led a coup d'état that overthrew the government of King Faisal II. The monarch and several members of his family were murdered. Within a few hours, they took over the government and proclaimed a new Iraqi republic.
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Dr. Zacharia - Genus, Cambridge University
"He was a good manipulator!!!"
"He was incredibly smart and cautious in his dealings, in his duties, and in everything he did going forward."
"Every action he took was considered, even down to the smallest detail. He was always three steps ahead. And with such a polymath of a human being, there was no stopping him in whatever goals he set in mind."
"He had viewed the political arena of the military and the government of Iraq as a detrimental game, like chess … you could say you played to win as best as you could, outsmarting your opponents as best as possible, and if you couldn't, you lost … which was never an option to him. It was either win or win by a mile. Losing was never on his agenda, and even when he did fail at small occurrences, it was of no doubt that he planned for such an outcome.
"It might seem outlandish, but you have to understand he was never a predictable human being! He was irregular in all acts and thoughts in his pursuit of power, and at the conclusion of the July 14 coup, he was propelled further, gaining more influence and power within both the military and government, and Colonel Arif, blinded by his mentorship and the loyalty Soldat showed, ignored the signs of danger the young army officer posed, seeing him as no threat to his rule and the rule of his co-adjutant, and such a mistake would come to bite him later on.
"One of the main signs was that Captain Soldat secretly supported the Ba'ath Party.
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And though modest in size, the Baath movement had sway in Baghdad's politics, and its most relevant members were involved in creating a new government under the army colonels in the summer and autumn of 1958.
Speaking of members of the Ba'ath party, Saddam Hussein, who was just 21 years old and the older brother of Soldat Hussein, was a member of the movement. Although he had previously been unknown for a time, the actions of his younger brother brought their names to prominence within the party. Saddam was rising through the ranks, albeit slowly, and by the late 1950s, he was on the fringes of high politics. During this period, the newly formed government in 1958 lacked stability. There were numerous different parties and entities who rapidly opposed each other and competed for power.
For instance, the Iraqi Communist Party quickly emerged as a strong antagonist to the Ba'ath Party, while Qasim, the army commander who had led the 14th of July Revolution and was now the effective head of state of the new republic, was unwilling to join the United Arab Republic, an instrument of Pan-Arabism that had been established by Egypt and resulted in a political union with Syria for several years.
The Baathists were furious with Qasim's unwillingness in this regard and were determined to remove him by any means, including assassination.
Soldat, who was a staunch Baathist at the time, influenced Arif, a sympathizer of the Baathist cause, leading to Arif's decision to sever ties with Qasim's regime and creating a political divide within the military and government. Colonel Arif was the Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister.
Along with Qasim, they had become the highest authority in Iraq with both executive and legislative powers. Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i became Chairman of the Sovereignty Council (head of state), but his power was very limited, as he was largely overshadowed by Qasim and Arif, who held the real authority in the government. Overall, another conflict was expected to break out by 1960, and this was common knowledge. Qasim's Nationalist Social Democratic Party and his military adjutants that remained with him then came, followed by Arif's Nationalistic Republican Party, which wanted closer ties to the pan-Arabian world.
Though this movement was made up of Ba'ath Party members, it was overshadowed by a majority of other nationalistic movements, all controlled by previous government officials, even in some cases former nobility, that were against the rule of King Faisal.
So Soldat, anticipating that the outcome would be a civil war, manipulated events to create insurmountable chaos, using Arif and the Communist Party as scapegoats while preparing to take advantage of the situation and shift the blame onto them.
So Soldat understood that Qasim was more beloved by the people than Arif, and for good reason.
Qasim had worked to improve the position of ordinary people in Iraq after the long period of self-interested rule by a small elite under the monarchy, which had resulted in widespread social unrest.
Qasim passed law No. 80, which seized 99% of Iraqi land from the British-owned Iraq Petroleum Company and distributed farms to more of the population.
So being such a loved politician, Soldat had favored assassination using agents that were said to be tied to the communist party that had more reason to want the man dead, as he had basically banned the Iraqi communist party, denying their right of governmental involvement and decapitating the movement.
If there was one thing that the Republicans, Baathists, and National Socialists shared in common, it was hatred of the Communist Party.
And Soldat had gone through the trouble of laying blame on the Communist Party after the assassination of Qasim.
And as expected, the reaction that ensued wasn't a nice one. Many individuals were arrested in the assassination of the prime minister, and many of those were communists.
After Qasim's assassination, Soldat, being Arif's spokesperson and intelligence officer of Arif's faction, took to the stage in 1961, giving a speech to the country that rocked the nation.
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