BBC: An Arab newspaper has published what it says are excerpts from diaries written by the ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein while in captivity.
The extracts printed in Al-Hayat portray a man who never seems to have stopped believing in himself as a historic leader.
Al-Hayat said it had obtained extracts from the handwritten memoirs, which the paper said ran to five big volumes.
Saddam Hussein was ousted in 2003 and executed three years later.
No remorse
Some of the entries were signed "Saddam Hussein, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces".
The language he uses often suggests a leader addressing the nation, and frequently he urges the Iraqis - as he did during his trial - to unite and resist the US-led occupation.
He quotes from the Koran a great deal and describes the Iranians as a greater danger to Iraq and the Gulf Arabs than Israel. ’Saddam’s Jail Diaries’ Published >>> By Magdi Abdelhadi | May 6, 2008
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