{
  "id": 9495461,
  "title": "Saddam Hussein used James Bond director to tell Iraq story",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/saddam-hussein-used-james-bond-director-to-tell-iraq-story",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-24T03:01:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/saddam-hussein-used-james-bond-director-to-tell-iraq-story/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "From the beginning of his brutal reign in Iraq, Saddam Hussein could claim an unusual credit: film producer. After Saddam became president in 1979, his cousin played him in “The Long Days.” The film dramatized Saddam’s role in a failed 1959 attempt to assassinate Iraq’s then-prime minister, Abdul-Karim Qasim. The film presented the new dictator […] The post Saddam Hussein used James Bond director…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}