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11-22-2002, 11:52 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/11/22/cnna.soler/index.html (\"http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/11/22/cnna.soler/index.html\")
This is just toooo weird.
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French filmmaker reveals \'Uncle Saddam\'
Swimming in the Tigris, fishing with hand grenades
Friday, November 22, 2002 Posted: 12:01 PM EST (1701 GMT)
The film shows Saddam being
The film shows Saddam being \"greeted with a kiss in the armpit.\"
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(CNN) -- A French filmmaker finagled his way into Iraq claiming he was working on a project about the country\'s architecture. Two months after his arrival, with Iraqi power brokers feeling comfortable with his presence, Joel Soler began shooting his actual project, a documentary about Iraq\'s leader, Saddam Hussein.
CNN anchor Paula Zahn interviewed him recently about his documentary, \"Uncle Saddam.\"
(CLIP FROM \'UNCLE SADDAM\')
NARRATOR: The first thing that Saddam Hussein does every morning when he wakes up at 5:00 a.m. is to have some coffee. Then, he takes care of his personal hygiene. This is especially important because Saddam prefers to be greeted with a kiss in the armpit.
HUSSEIN: It\'s preferable to bathe twice a day, but at least once a day. And when the male bathes once a day, the female should bathe twice a day.
(CLIP ENDS)
SOLER: Do you know why Saddam thinks that the woman should shower twice a day? Because, according to Saddam Hussein, he thinks that the smell of the woman is more noticeable than (the smell of) men.
All of that hygiene, even diet, it\'s national talk. I mean, when he goes on camera, even for his diet, saying, you know, this month I\'m going on a diet. And of course, when he goes on a diet, everybody around him has to go on a diet.
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This is just toooo weird.
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French filmmaker reveals \'Uncle Saddam\'
Swimming in the Tigris, fishing with hand grenades
Friday, November 22, 2002 Posted: 12:01 PM EST (1701 GMT)
The film shows Saddam being
The film shows Saddam being \"greeted with a kiss in the armpit.\"
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Save a link to this article and return to it at www.savethis.comSave (\"http://www.savethis.comSave\") a link to this article and return to it at www.savethis.com (\"http://www.savethis.com\") Email a link to this articleEmail a link to this article
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CNN\'s Paula Zahn talks to the filmmaker who made the documentary \'Uncle Saddam,\' which shows the Iraqi president up-close and personal. (November 22)
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• Resolution Text
• Interactive: Key questions
• Interactive: Surveillance photos
• TIME.com: What the Iraqis Told Blix
(CNN) -- A French filmmaker finagled his way into Iraq claiming he was working on a project about the country\'s architecture. Two months after his arrival, with Iraqi power brokers feeling comfortable with his presence, Joel Soler began shooting his actual project, a documentary about Iraq\'s leader, Saddam Hussein.
CNN anchor Paula Zahn interviewed him recently about his documentary, \"Uncle Saddam.\"
(CLIP FROM \'UNCLE SADDAM\')
NARRATOR: The first thing that Saddam Hussein does every morning when he wakes up at 5:00 a.m. is to have some coffee. Then, he takes care of his personal hygiene. This is especially important because Saddam prefers to be greeted with a kiss in the armpit.
HUSSEIN: It\'s preferable to bathe twice a day, but at least once a day. And when the male bathes once a day, the female should bathe twice a day.
(CLIP ENDS)
SOLER: Do you know why Saddam thinks that the woman should shower twice a day? Because, according to Saddam Hussein, he thinks that the smell of the woman is more noticeable than (the smell of) men.
All of that hygiene, even diet, it\'s national talk. I mean, when he goes on camera, even for his diet, saying, you know, this month I\'m going on a diet. And of course, when he goes on a diet, everybody around him has to go on a diet.
ZAHN: