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The Mind of Saddam

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photoColin Powell has called him an "evil genius." But what makes Saddam Hussein tick? As the world awaits the Iraqi dictator's next move, we look inside the mind of the "Butcher of Baghdad."

Guests:

Dr. Jerrold Post, psychiatrist, founder of the CIA's Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior, and director of George Washington University's political psychology program

Dr. Amatzia Baram, professor of history at the University of Haifa and founder of the university's Persian Gulf Research Center

Jack Beatty, On Point News analyst and senior editor at the Atlantic Monthly

This program aired on February 10, 2003.

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