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tblue37

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9. When Sadam gathered a Ba'athists conference in 1979 to arrest & execute them:

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:10 PM

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Six days after the resignation of President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr and Hussein's accession to President of the Iraqi Republic, Regional Secretary of the party, and Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council on 16 July 1979, he organized a Ba'ath conference on 22 July in Al-Khuld Hall in Baghdad to carry out a campaign of arrests and executions that included Ba'athist comrades, who were accused of taking part in a pro-Syrian plot to overthrow Saddam.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Ba%27ath_Party_Purge

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Hegseth: "This gathering is of the highest secrecy and importance." Yet we all know about this big secret meeting! [View all] tblue37 Monday OP

Maybe he can send out notice on Signal, too. tblue37 Monday #1

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Drunken toddlers, at that. tblue37 Monday #5

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Hogsbreath will likely broadcast the entire thing on Signal chat. Crunchy Frog Monday #7

P. T. Barnum comes to mind. calimary Monday #8

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Will the military leaders be toasted by Whiskey Pete? Sneederbunk Monday #12

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