It appears that Saddam Hussein (pictured left doing his Kevin McCarthy impression) may not only be guilty of crimes against humanity but also of crimes against the humanities!
Turns out he’s a novelist.
He’s already inflicted three novels on the world (published anonymously):
"Zabibah and the King" tells a story of a leader who sacrifices a luxurious life for the sake of his people.
"The Fortified Citadel" described the rise to power of Saddam’s Baath Party.
"Men and a City" is widely viewed as a thinly veiled autobiography, presenting him as powerful and heroic.
Now he has a new novel scheduled to come out. Unsurprisingly, it’s a religiously inflammatory geopolitical allegory:
"Get Out, Damned One" tells the story of a man called Ezekiel who
plots to overthrow a town’s sheik but is defeated in his quest by the
sheik’s daughter and an Arab warrior.The story is apparently a metaphor for a Zionist-Christian plot
against Arabs and Muslims. Ezekiel is meant to symbolize the Jews.
Interestingly . . .
"Get Out, Damned One" describes an Arab leading an army that invades the land of the enemy and topples one of their monumental towers, an apparent reference to the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center in New York by Islamic militants of
Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network.
Ezekiel [a Jewish symbol] is portrayed as greedy, ambitious and destructive. Youssef, who symbolizes the Christians, is portrayed as generous and tolerant — at least in the early passages.
The latest news is that Jordan has passed a new law prohibiting Jordinian Publishing Houses from publishing Hussein’s “Get Out, Damned One”. Apparently, this was done to keep good relations with Iraq.