It's a shame that the public has to dig for the truth rather than rely on the press to be honest, but that's the situation. If you really want to know what was going on rather than buy into the juvenile theory that this was somehow all about W's oil buddies, this is a great start.

This is an important book that every American should read. Gen Sada is an amazing man, an eye-witness in Saddam's regime who lived to tell about it and claims to have actually seen WMD with his own eyes. Fascinating!

Finally, the inside scoop! Questions of WMD answered! Why isn't this information made more readily available to the American People? This is a story of one man's faith and honesty in the worst of situations! You want to know the truth? Read this book!!

I enjoyed the information in the book. Poorly written but never the less informative

Here is written testimony by one of Saddam's generals as to Iraq's being a hotbed for global terrorism. Wake up America! Are we being so corrupted from within that we actually entertain the buzz mentality of 'toleration' in thinking we can actually negotiate with evil (radical jihad) for world peace? Wake of America! Evil cannot coexist with Goodness. Peace by evil is a forced and controlled peace that will deny your individual freedoms. Read this book and get back to reality. We are at war.

Sada's book is filled with a totally different perspective from what we hear and read in the media. He is honest and believable in his story telling; however his American co-author's role as writter is average.
What is so important to me is a perspective from a former and current resident of Iraq. His eyes give me the information that I desire. Too often we listen from our own cultural experience and ignore the prespective of someone like Sada.
My only question is why has this book been ignored?

I had the great pleasure to meet General Georges Sada. He was a wonderful speaker at a banquet we attended and his book/his life/his devotion to God during all the hard times in a struggling country, is truly amazing! A angel has and will always watch over this man! A must read book. I am a Officer wife in the US Army, my husband has served 3 times overseas, and this book is a MUST READ!

A nice read, but General Sada repeats himself over and over throughout the book and sometimes spends way too much time on one subject. The book is more about General Sada's life then about Saddam's Secrets. He really didn't provide any secrets we didn't already know. His book should be read by every Iraqi so that they could understand where the country needs to go to make it a better place. He has vision, but even with his plan, the religions in that area, as well as the large amount of corruption will prevent it from happening. It was interesting, but he provides very little evidence to back up what he says.

It was an eye opener for me.A learning experience, things happening that our media would not write about. After reading the book I am a firm believer that there were weapons of Mass distruction.

General Sada reveals how Saddam moved much of the WMD stockpile to Syria, taking advantage of a call for assistance in a flood. He used airplanes from Iraqi Airways to make fifty-six trips to turn over to Syrian Army Ordinance his stockpile for safekeeping. Sada also reveals much of what was taking place in Saddam's quest for nuclear weapons. He was an insider and had first-hand knowledge of what was really going on.

I have been reading Georges Hormuz Sada's harrowing account of life in Iraq during the ruthlessly cruel regime of Saddam Hussein. He seems like an honest man worthy of our respect. And yet, I strongly suspect that "Saddam's Secrets" was only a modest success. The leftist dominated MSM and intellectual institutions pretend it doesn't even exist. Try finding anything on Google.com. The results will be virtually fruitless. The author, who was a close advisor to Saddam, has been effectively dropped into a Fahrenheit 451 memory hole. Sada is thankful that the Bush administration liberated Iraq. He also tells the world about the late dictator's weapons of mass destruction. These are truths the leftist establishment prefers to ignore. There is no doubt in my mind but that Sada's name would constantly be in the news if he told the leftists what they wanted to hear. The "elite" university crowd would pay him thousands of dollars for a two-hour lecture.

Georges Sada's book reminds me why I'm so lucky to be an American. Our citizens, after all, are not murdered for casually disagreeing with the country's leader. Sada is a very brave man. We owe it to him and ourselves to be victorious in Iraq.

Gen Georges, born & lived in Iraq all his natural-born days, a rare "Assyrian Christian", which perhaps is why Saddam trusted him and sought out his opinion, though he rarely followed it. Georges told him "2+2=4", when all the other sycophants were telling Saddam "2+2=9". How different things might have been!! A very skilled fighter pilot, Georges rose to one of the highest position in the Air Force, which gave him the opportunity to train in the US and the UK. At the time of writing, he was in the Defense Dept of the present Iraqi government. He was true to his government since he was a true patriot, but realized how horribly evil Saddam was. He says the bad dude was constantly scheming for his own ends, though his government was supposed to be "socialist" (didn't we hear that from another government which collapsed in 1990 after more than 70 years in power? As of the writing (copyright '06), Georges was quite hopeful. It would be interesting to hear this thinking at this juncturre!!

The author of "Saddam's Secrets," Georges Sada, is an Assyrian Christian born and raised in northern Iraq. He was a General in the Iraqi Air Force. Besides being the best pilot in the entire Iraqi Air Force he was also the only one who defied Saddam every time he was asked to comment, describe or advice on any crazy matters that came to Saddam's vile and morally reprehensible mind. However, others close to Saddam who tried to defy him in answering the same crazy questions wound up with their head chopped off. Georges preserved his Christian values and told Saddam the truth and nothing but the truth -----and God helped Georges Sada. Saddam was stupid, and ignorant, but exceptionally cunning. He knew he needed someone to tell him the truth regardless of how deplorable it was for him to accept it.

*Excerpt: "Ever since Saddam seized power in 1979--and, really, for a decade before that--we knew that truth was whatever the leader said it was. I Saddam wanted two plus two to equal nine, then everybody would say it was nine."

According to the author, Saddam was a stupid and ignorant, unknowledgeable man, however, "Saddam was cunning, crafty, clever and an expert in manipulation: "I've often said he was a genius. Like the communist leader Josef Stalin, on whom Saddam modeled himself, he was truly a genius at doing evil. He was a man without a conscience. He was ruthless and brutal, and there was nothing he wouldn't do to achieve his own ends. He killed many times and ordered the brutal murders of hundreds of thousands of [his] own people."

The author tells how Saddam managed to trick the world into believing he did not have weapons of mass destruction. He goes into detail how Saddam managed to hide all evidence of WMD's and how he managed to move all of them out of Iraq under the noses of the United Nations weapons inspectors.

The reader will find out it was a stroke of "good" fate the United States got rid of Saddam when it did. Saddam was about to unleash a barrage of attacks with WMD's against Israel which would have, more than likely, started another world war.

*Ending Excerpt: The author of "Saddam's Secrets" ends his powerful novel by stating the following: "I love my country, and I only want good things to happen in Iraq from now on. Even though I am a member of a minority in Iraq, as an Assyrian and a Christian, I have always tried to be faithful and do my duty at all times. I wanted to fulfill my commitment as an officer and a gentleman to the best of my ability. If I had tried to write or speak about the situation in Iraq during those years, it would have been propaganda. It would have been just one more boast for a regime the whole world knew was corrupt and destined to fail. And I would have never have written such a book."

One thing for sure, if everyone in Iraq were like Georges Sada, Iraq would be a peaceful and honorable country.

I strongly recommend this book to every human being. Not only should the book be read in the United States of America but everyone in the rest of the world. Doing so will help better understand the problems with Iraq and what made it so violent and how it got to where it is now.

Due to the political climate and motivations that we are wrestling with in America over the war in Iraq, I wanted to find something that more honestly described the conditions in Iraq during the rule of Sadam Hussein and possibly learned the truth about the WMD that existed prior to the US led wars of Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom. In "Sadam's Secrets" we read a detailed, and believable account of a man who lived and survived inside the world of Sadam Hussein as an airforce general with a personal first hand knowledge of the dictator's history, methods of operation and decisions that recklessly pushed his nation into war with his neighbors and eventually led to the two US invasions.

The author of "Saddam's Secrets," Georges Sada, is an Assyrian Christian born and raised in northern Iraq. He was a General in the Iraqi Air Force. Besides being the best pilot in the entire Iraqi Air Force he was also the only one who defied Saddam every time he was asked to comment, describe or advice on any crazy matters that came to Saddam's vile and morally reprehensible mind. However, others close to Saddam who tried to defy him in answering the same crazy questions wound up with their head chopped off. Georges preserved his Christian values and told Saddam the truth and nothing but the truth -----and God helped Georges Sada. Saddam was stupid, and ignorant, but exceptionally cunning. He knew he needed someone to tell him the truth regardless of how deplorable it was for him to accept it.

*Excerpt: "Ever since Saddam seized power in 1979--and, really, for a decade before that--we knew that truth was whatever the leader said it was. I Saddam wanted two plus two to equal nine, then everybody would say it was nine."

According to the author, Saddam was a stupid and ignorant, unknowledgeable man, however, "Saddam was cunning, crafty, clever and an expert in manipulation: "I've often said he was a genius. Like the communist leader Josef Stalin, on whom Saddam modeled himself, he was truly a genius at doing evil. He was a man without a conscience. He was ruthless and brutal, and there was nothing he wouldn't do to achieve his own ends. He killed many times and ordered the brutal murders of hundreds of thousands of [his] own people."

The author tells how Saddam managed to trick the world into believing he did not have weapons of mass destruction. He goes into detail how Saddam managed to hide all evidence of WMD's and how he managed to move all of them out of Iraq under the noses of the United Nations weapons inspectors.

The reader will find out it was a stroke of "good" fate the United States got rid of Saddam when it did. Saddam was about to unleash a barrage of attacks with WMD's against Israel which would have, more than likely, started another world war.

*Ending Excerpt: The author of "Saddam's Secrets" ends his powerful novel by stating the following: "I love my country, and I only want good things to happen in Iraq from now on. Even though I am a member of a minority in Iraq, as an Assyrian and a Christian, I have always tried to be faithful and do my duty at all times. I wanted to fulfill my commitment as an officer and a gentleman to the best of my ability. If I had tried to write or speak about the situation in Iraq during those years, it would have been propaganda. It would have been just one more boast for a regime the whole world knew was corrupt and destined to fail. And I would have never have written such a book."

One thing for sure, if everyone in Iraq were like Georges Sada, Iraq would be a peaceful and honorable country.

I strongly recommend this book to every human being. Not only should the book be read in the United States of America but everyone in the rest of the world. Doing so will help better understand the problems with Iraq and what made it so violent and how it got to where it is now.

Book received was in condition as advertised. Timeframe was met well within limits. No complaints

General Sada is an extremely interesting character, no matter what you think of him. His insider insights -- for those of us who've never been to Iraq -- are riveting. And his report of the removal of the chemical-bio WMDs to Syria is completely plausible, though secondhand as he admits. We all know Saddam used such poisons on his own people, so he certainly had the juices. What happened to the stockpile? The likelihood that it disappeared abroad gives credulity to our administration's argument that Saddam had them, though they were far more of a threat to Israel than to us, so why is the USA fighting Israel's war? Thank the powerful AIPAC lobby and Jewish neocons in the Pentagon and Defense Dept. for that; WMDs were just an excuse.

Though Sada tells engaging stories here, and looks pretty good in these stories considering the corrupt environment, one suspects he's presenting the elements that will show him in the best, or at least an acceptable light. Like officers and functionaries in communist regimes, nobody could be really clean. Yet he is likeable and comes across as someone who tries to be ethical. It's a good read.

Saddams Secrets mentioned clearly certain events and the actual process behind the decisions Saddam and his Baath party made. Sadr describes with detail how certain decisions were made and the process behind it all. The book covers a wide range of topics and situations which occured and to be able to describe it with clarity indicates the authors close ties with the president. What appealed to me most was that proceeds from the book all go to the aid of Iraqi children.

This is the most fasinating view of Iraq I have read to date. Written by an Iraqi Air Force General who is now involved in the Iraq government working towards reconciliation of the people groups and religions of Iraq. A historical book that reads like a fast paced novel.
If you want to know the history of Iraq and Saddam from an insiders point of view read this book. You will entertained, shocked and enlightened.

Steve VanTuyl

This is the most fasinating view of Iraq I have read to date. Written by an Iraqi Air Force General who is now involved in the Iraq government working towards reconciliation of the people groups and religions of Iraq. A historical book that reads like a fast paced novel.
If you want to know the history of Iraq and Saddam from an insiders point of view read this book. You will entertained, shocked and enlightened.

Steve VanTuyl

On the day after Saddam Hussein was executed for war crimes, it seems fitting to post my review of the book Saddam's Secrets: How an Iraqi General Defied & Survived Saddam Hussein by Georges Sada with Jim Nelson Black. It's an interesting look inside Saddam's government leading up to the first Gulf War, and explains how Saddam's personal greed and lust for power led to his downfall.

Contents:
Part 1 - A World of Change; Saddam's Rise to Power; Betrayal and Revenge; A New Beginning
Part 2 - A Sudden Change of Plans; The Consequences of War; Damage Assessment; Beating the System
Part 3 - The War of Liberation; Insurgency and Survival; The Way Forward; A Time for Peace
Notes; Acknowledgments

General Georges Sada was a highly decorated fighter pilot and instructor in the Iraqi air force, and was part of Saddam Huissein's inner circle when it came to military advice. This is somewhat unusual in that Sada wasn't an Iraqi, but an Assyrian Christian who refused to join the Baathist party. Staying true to his beliefs and convictions, he refused to offer up advice based on what Saddam wanted to hear, but rather based on reality. Many others had been killed for doing just that, but by God's protection Sada was able to survive Saddam's wrath and Qusay's attempts to let him rot in jail. It's an amazing look at a powerful tyrant who relied on position and strength to enrich his own family and ignore the needs of his country.

Based on Sada's first-hand account of the events, it looks like Saddam came very close to carrying out a biological attack on Israel on one occasion. Saddam was also obsessed with acquiring nuclear weapons, and there's little doubt that he would have used them had it ever happened. Sada also talks about the missing weapons of mass destruction that were the reason for the second Gulf War. According to him, they were shipped over the borders to other countries. Which makes you wonder who owns them now...

While you may not agree with how Saddam's trial was carried out, there's no doubt that the blood of hundreds of thousands of people are on his hands. Saddam's Secrets shows just how evil the man was, and how the Middle East, and really the entire world, would have been incredibly unstable had he not been removed. Well worth reading...

It is a great read !! Fascinating insite into the mind of a terrorist. I wondered if all of our intelligence and Britian intelligence and Russian intelligence and others could have been wrong regarding the WMD and it was more than interesting to learn from Sada what Saddam did with them. It is obvious from Sada's background and from his writings that he is an intelligent and honest man with great courage. I highly recommend this book.

A credible first hand account of Saddam's regime. Full of irrefutable facts, it proves beyond any shadow of doubt the existence of WMDs in Saddam's arsenal. After reading this book you will question the sanity of those who try to deny facts at all costs, even at the cost of the defense of this nation. Perhaps this highest ranking air marshall of Iraq's military should not be believed just becuase he is a Christian? Dont read it if you don't want to get angry at our suicidal politicians and their cohorts.

Regarding Iraq: "[I]t is incontestable that on the day I left office there were unaccounted-for-stocks of biological and chemical weapons." So said Bill Clinton in July of 2003 (on CNN). Why weren't they found then? Iraqi General Georges Sada offers an explannation in this book of his. On June 4, 2002, a three-mile-long irrigation dam collapsed n Syria. "Flood waters covered an area of nearly forty square miles." When "Syrian president Bashar al-Assad asked for help from Jordan and Iraq, Saddam knew what he would do. For him, the disaster in Syria was a gift, and there, posing as shipments of supplies and equipment sent from Iraq to aid the relief effort, were Iraq's WMDs. Weapons and equipment were transferred both by land and air." Of the latter, General Sada, former air vice marshall in Saddam Hussein's military, says there were 56 flights of commercial Iraqi passenger aircraft from Iraq to Syria. They were "quickly reconfigured" "transforming the passenger planes into cargo planes" that were then used to transport "hundreds of tons of chemicals, armaments, and other paraphernalia into Syria under the cover of a mission of mercy to help a stricken nation." General Sada says the Syrian through whom the above was coordinated was General Abu Ali, a cousin of Bashar al-Assad. "For once in the long history of belligerence between Iraq and Syria, there was complete agreement between them." "They arranged for the operation to be conducted like a regular business deal, & everything was paid for, up-front and in cash." Sada knew Saddam; was brought out of retirement by Saddam after the Kuwaiti War. (A war during which Sada, albeit briefly, was arrested after refusing an order by Saddam's son Qusay.) Sada was regularly consulted thereafter. Sada remarks herein too how "Saddam had spread the idea that we didn't have to worry because nobody was going to attack us." Sada "had heard him say it many times." Sada telling Tariq Aziz (from London, where Sada had been sent as an emissary of Iraq) that the UK was going to hit Iraq, thus fell on deaf ears. Sada once also cautioned Saddam that trying to launch an air attack against an American aircraft carrier was hopeless. Moreover, Saddam wasn't aware of the capabiltities of cruise missiles until after Baghdad was struck by them during the 1991 Gulf War; having asked his air force commander: "tell me how it's possible that we were struck so hard without warnings of any kind. The air-raid sirens didn't even go off. How could his happen?" Saddam, of course, wasn't running a government, but a big crime family, a regime, in Sada's words, "not built on the basis of skill and efficiency," but "on the basis of blind loyalty to Saddam" wherein 2+2 was 9, or whatever subordinates thought Saddam wanted to think it was. Sada, by his own admission, however, "had a bad habit of saying that 2 plus 2 is four." Sada thinks he was able to get away with divulging unpleasant realities to Saddam owing to the fact that Sada was not a Muslim. As an Assyrian Christian Sada could never be a power broker, or threat. Sada also details how Saddam was not at all hurt by sanctions; nor his loyalists, thanks to "the gift of the president," a bonus progam of Saddam's paid to Baathist Party members (4-5 million folks). Where did Saddam get the cash to buy this loyalty? Oil sales. The full story: US naval forces in the Gulf, to police Iraqi sanctions against smuggling would test oil cargo to see if it betrayed the tell-tale properties that would suggest if it was Iraqi in origin. But what "the specialists & other officials didn't realize was that Iraqi smugglers had made a deal with Iranian smugglers." Contraband Iraqi oil thus was smuggled to Iran in exchange for the Iranian variety, which was then exported. Plus, "Saddam's agents were selling oil to Iran at very low prices, & Iran was shipping the same oil in the same ships from their ports, but under the Iranian flag" (to pass unmolested through the Gulf). An interesting book. (06Aug) Cheers

I highly recommend this book. The author was a general in Saddam's Air Force who refused to join the Baath party. He lived in Iraq through Saddam's rule. It is encouraging to find that men in authority, like Georges Sada, are seeking to restore hope & prosperity to Iraq. I had never read a book by a man with the background to understand Iraq. Here is a man who has met with Paul Bremer, John Negroponte, Colin Powell & Saddam Hussein & Chemical Ali. Fascinating to read the first hand accounts of the last 30 years. His hope for the future gives me hope!

Georges Sada was one of Saddam's top generals and a leading military advisor - plus he was a Christian in a Muslim country, and one who would stand up for his beliefs even under a regime of terror. SADDAM'S SECRETS: HOW AN IRAQI GENERAL DEFIED AND SURVIVED SADDAM HUSSEIN exposes the plans and atmosphere of his regime, from secret plans to destroy Israel to plans to control the Arab world. A first-person, moment-by-moment recreation of conversations, events, and insights makes for a dramatic recreation of Saddam's era.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

I borrowed this book and am truly glad I didn't buy it. It's central hook is the idea that Saddam Hussein sent all his WMDs into Syria before he was brought down.

This is utter fantasy. To issue such an order would create Iraqi witnesses (oral, written and electronic messages) and a logistics trail across the entire country. Plus any planes going into Syria would have been stopped by the no-fly zone. And trucks would have been bombed. If not, more evidence (satellite unloading photos, witnesses, regime orders in various forms, etc.) would have been created at the Syrian end. Plus the charming notion that if Saddam actually had WMD, he would rather have sent them in a gift basket to Syria, choosing to 'fight' from a hole rather than use them himself. NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE FOR ANY OF THIS HAS EVER BEEN SHOWN. NOTHING PRESENTED IN THIS BOOK AS 'EVIDENCE' STANDS UP TO SERIOUS SCRUTINY.

In fact there were no WMDs. Get used to it people! Nobody, not even the Bush administration, takes this lying fantasist seriously. Sorry, that's not wholly true. The I-could-have-been-a-neoconservative-if-I-had-a-three-digit-IQ folks who gave this liar high stars obviously do. Did they learn nothing from Adnan Chalabi? If this general had claimed that there were no WMD's, and America had got it wrong, would they have awarded him high stars? Perhaps some reviewers are giving comfort stars, stars to people who make them feel good, rather than what is right?

So why does this guy say what he does? The general claims to have stood up to Saddam Hussein. Not true -- the fact that he is alive today proves that. In fact, I saw his interview on The Daily Show (which is when I first became interested in the book) and he constantly sucked up to the American audience, constantly telling them how great their country was, to their uproarious approval. That, folks, is how he survived and thrived under Saddam. He flatters, tells everyone what they want to hear. Another reviewer who gave this book high stars suggests the general is 'a little bit self serving'. Yes the general is -- in the way that JFK is a little bit assasinated.

Oh, and being a general, don't think he didn't commit any war crimes along the way. Obviously his sanitised fantasy book has no admission of this. But that's another matter.

And when reviewers make positive mention of the generals Christianity -- sorry, but they committed as many war crimes as the Muslims in Saddam's regime. Saddam promoted them because he was a secularist, feared Islamists, and didn't fear coups by a general from a minority group. But they were no better in power than their Muslim colleagues.

Pretending he knows where WMDs are is obviously this generals chosen path to importance in his new adopted home country. And if you believe him and invade Syria, kill tens of thousands, lose hundreds of your own troops, damage your reputation, spend bilions, and find nothing there ... I bet there will be a Syrian general, with his own ghostwritten book, ready to keep the tradition up.

I borrowed this book and am truly glad I didn't buy it. It's central hook is the idea that Saddam Hussein sent all his WMDs into Syria before he was brought down.

This is utter fantasy. To issue such an order would create Iraqi witnesses (oral, written and electronic messages) and a logistics trail across the entire country. Plus any planes going into Syria would be stopped by the no-fly zone. If not, more evidence (satellite unloading photos, witnesses, regime orders in various forms, etc.) would be created.

In fact there were no WMDs. Get used to it people! Nobody, not even the Bush administration, takes this lying fantasist seriously. Sorry, that's not wholly true. The I-could-have-been-a-neoconservative-if-I-had-a-three-digit-IQ folks who gave this liar high stars obviously do. Did they learn nothing from Adnan Chalabi?

So why does this guy say what he does? The general claims to have stood up to Saddam Hussein. Not true -- the fact that he is alive today proves that. In fact, I saw his interview on The Daily Show (which is when I first became interested in the book) and he constantly sucked up to the American audience, constantly telling them how great their country was, to their uproarious approval. That, folks, is how he survived and thrived under Saddam. He flatters, tells everyone what they want to hear.

Oh, and being a general, don't think he didn't commit any war crimes along the way. Obviously his sanitised fantasy book has no admission of this. But that's another matter.

Pretending he knows where WMDs are is obviously this generals chosen path to importance in his new home country. And if you believe him and invade Syria, kill tens of thousands, damage your reputation, spend bilions, and find nothing there...I bet there will be a Syrian general ready to keep the tradition up.

This book is amazing. I couldn't put it down. The level of information provided is staggering and the behind-the-scenes way in which it is presented makes for a great read. What a great way to get the facts of that regime! I agree that this is the most important book of the year. Anyone concerned with the future of the free world should read this. You'll enjoy it.

Reading this intriguiging book left me with one very urgent desire: let's get the facts on Fox News or any outlet that will make better known the facts represented in this book. It is absolutely crucial to expand upon his statements on page 259 of his book, where he states that a B747 and several B727s from Iraqi Airways flew the WMD out of Iraq! It is mindboggling - given the flood of anti-war rhetoric that still is spewing - that someone with the facts about Saddam's remving the WMD is not made very public. Either Sada is another Iraqi liar; or, he deserves to heard, and heard by all of us.

Sub-Title: How an Iraqi General Defied And Survived Saddam Hussein ==There is an amazing number of books that have come out recently that seem to have the common themes: ==that President Bush lied about the whole Iraqi situation, ==that the decision to invade Iraq was made before 9/11, ==that there is no option but to immediately pull out of Iraq, ==that the whole reason violence is continuing is that we are there. ==It had to be inevitable that books on the other side came out. ==This book is written by an ex-Iraqi general and describes the situation from inside the Iraqi military. His biggest revelation is that Saddam did indeed have weapons of mass destruction and that they were removed to Syria just before the invasion. ==Is what he says true, I don't know. ==I do know that before the invasion every intelligence operation in the world were convinced that WMD's were there. For an excellent article on this see Kenneth M. Pollack's article, 'Spies, Lies, and Weapons: What Went Wrong' in the January/February 2004 issue of The Atlantic Monthly -- available on line. ==I don't expect the rabid Bush haters to change their minds, ever. But it's nice to see another view.

I wish everyone in America would read this book. General Georges Sada confirms that Saddam had WMD's and transported them to Syria just prior to the war disguised as humanitarian aid after a Syrian dam failed destroying downstream villages. His account agrees with WMD inspector reports.

Syria, of course; read the book for details. On balance, the book is a worthwhile effort, but flawed by inadequate editing: there are a number of redundancies that should have been weeded out. The author minces no words in declaring that Saddam was a nogoodnik.

This was a good book and should shed some light to the "naysayers" about Iraq. A very proud man, and proud Iraqi that knew his country's leadership was wrong, and very dangerous now has the ability to publish his story with Saddam's reign of terror being over.

General Sada goes on to describe the existance and use of WMD and how Saddam was looking for any reason at all to attack Israel. While this book is a little self serving, you can take that with a grain of salt. Its a good book that people that disagree with our nation's stance on Iraq should read to consider some of the reality of what happens there and how every day Iraqis are impacted.

This book is a "must-have, must-read" for those of us who believe in liberty, and a "must-burn" for the "Bush lied" crowd.

The UN, several foreign intelligence agencies, many heads-of-state, the 42nd President, and even the men who ran against Bush knew that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. So why the far-left singled Bush out for "lying" is a bit of a mystery.

Anyone who watched the news prior to the second invasion of Iraq should have known Saddam acted like a man who was hiding something (not letting inspectors go wherever they wanted, not letting them talk to people unless an Iraqi soldier was present, etc.) This book, which could have been subtitled "Bush and Blair told you so", also makes a great companion to Khidhir Hamza and Jeff Stein's _Saddam's Bombmaker_.

The explanation of how Saddam got rid of the WMD agrees with Form UN Weapons inspector David Kay when he said "that he had uncovered evidence that unspecified materials had been moved to Syria shortly before last year's war to overthrow Saddam.
"We are not talking about a large stockpile of weapons," he said. "But we know from some of the interrogations of former Iraqi officials that a lot of material went to Syria before the war, including some components of Saddam's WMD programme. Precisely what went to Syria, and what has happened to it, is a major issue that needs to be resolved."

David Kay was highly respected by all. That would give credence to what is said in this book about Saddam moving the WMD out of the country.

I think this book is a load of codswallop. This guy is a plant put up by George Bush defenders using neo con Christian publishers to promote the discredited idea that there were weapons of Mass destruction after all.
The guy is a bit of a phony too - almost too good to be true. He liked to remind us what a great guy he is, v self absorbed and I find it strange that he fails to justify how he worked for a bloody tyrant for so long. If the weapons of mass destruction really existed and he knew about them, why didnt he come out immediately and tell the US admin. about them.
Also, no mention of Chalabi's part in providing this specific "information" to do with moving weapons into Syria. Of all the conmen involved, Chalabi should have known about them. V strange. Hardly a mention of Israel either - who had its own Mossad undercover agents in Iraq from day one perpetrating all kinds of false flag operations and killings against the Americans and Iraqis.
This guy is a plant and not to be taken seriously. Obviously the administration don't !!
There were some good stories though. I particularly liked the one about the bomber sent by Saddam to take out Teheran University. (What was that all about?) Somewhere along the border, the pilots lost control of the plane and bailed out Instead of continuing on into Iran the plane turned around of its own volition and headed straight back to Baghdad with all the bombs on board !

"Saddam was a great man in the sense that Hitler and Stalin were great men"

I do agree partly with the previous reviews(thanks)that his knowledge of the WMD's is speculative. Also his self absorption was evident, but the book was about Sada. Non the less I can not express my feelings enough for this book. Just please read it. My hope is that somebody out there with doubts about Iraq may have a change of heart after reading this. Georges writes an easy to follow story. He speaks openly and clearly. He also gives us a history lesson on Iraq and the countries surrounding it. Besides the blood boiling atrocities of Saddam and his rise to power he also imparts heart warming stories, such as: The wonderful story in his younger days in flight school in Russia, where he was able to smuggle his bible in and share it. As a test pilot he flew many different jets. From this vantage he could not help but look in awe of the world. Well told stories of first flights, detailed, seat of the pants action. The story he tells is not only of Saddam but also of his personal life as an Iraqi General in the Air Force. What makes the story even more interesting is that he is a Christian, from Assyria.

Sada was unique in that he spoke the truth to Saddam. Anyone else only told him what he wanted to hear. He risked being killed many times by Saddam. "At least Georges will tell me the truth" Even Saddam needed to hear it occasionally.

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" Lord John Acton

Georges Sada believes that: Saddam would have destroyed Iraq. That he did have WMD's. We should have taken him out the first time, and that we were weak. The media is not reporting the good. If not deterred by the gulf war and Iraqi freedom Saddam would have succeeded in building a nuclear weapon. Saddam had so called WMD's, and shipped them out. He could buy what ever he wanted. There is no doubt he had WMD's, but where did they go? He believes they were taken to Syria and other countries by commercial jets, before and after the wars.

To Saddam'a credit: Saddams coup and assassinations. He wouldn't think twice about chopping your head off or hanging you if you were thought a threat. Uday and Qusay, if you can believe, were probably worse than Saddam. Did not find out about the extermination camps till after the war, the cover up he describes is masterly. Saddams rape of Kuwait. Gassing of the kurds. Saddam built military bunkers beneath civilian bunkers, an act of cowardice. The Baath party, reminds me of Hitler's Gestapo. He had the 7,500 square miles of marshlands drained to persecute the Marsh Arabs, have not heard anything from the Environmentalists , how come? Just to name a few. Saddam was a WMD.

Like it or not "we have more freedom in Iraq then we know how to use properly"

Georges reports from ground zero from Iraqi headquarters during dessert storm. Saddam wanted Iraq destroyed rather it be captured. His knowledge of the coalition forces and what Iraq is to expect against them is a fascinating read in itself. Many here deny the importance in going into Iraq and ridding Saddam, just as Iraqi generals denied what Georges warned them about, the might of the U.S.

Toward the end of the book he remarks on Hitler, the party and government factions. Very interesting writings on the dictator from another man's perspective.

Some challenges now will be to keep the morals with freedom, and the corruption out of the police force. Sada offered to bring in 40,000 men from the Iraqi air force to help with the insurgence after Iraqi freedom , he was denied. He explains how the insurgence could have been lessened.

Now, after the war, he is working to rebuild his country, find peace and go back to his farm. The Iraqi soldiers are looking more like soldiers.

"Someone had to stop Saddam from fulfilling his plans. and the Americans were the only ones with the military and moral resolve to do it" "You can't begin to imagine what Saddam would have done if he had been given just a little more time"

I am a christian, lived in Iraq uptil 91, sufferd like many others and agree with all ideeas and analysis of general Sada and should therefore like the book. However, the title of his book is misleading in a sense that there are barely any secrets revealled. Moreover it was baddely written in the sense of the abcense of a line or story, let stay beggining or end! The main bulk of the book is spent bij the author on telling how great and wonderfull he thinks he was, and letting repeatidly know who the very best pilot in the Iraqi airforse was! the rest of the book was spent on re- repeating his interpretations and own jugments on the regime and juging other people in the regime, but facts and secrets I did not read.

This book takes us too the inner circle of Saddam Hussein and what was really happening inside Iraq by General Georges Sada.I felt I was sitting across from him while he was telling me these stories. Georges give us more insight to what is going on than our goverment could ever do. I thank General Sada for writing this book.

What is mentioned in the book is a real depiction of live under Saddam in Iraq. As an Iraqi ex-pattern these experience came alive through the pages of the book. This is book by Gen. Sada is great start about the brutality of Saddam and his evil regime. Keep up the good work Gen Sada and God bless you.

I am disappointed with this book. The tittle of this book is Saddam's Scerets. Whatever "secrets" the book has brought to light is second or third hand guesswork of the author with very little specific details. Author had limited first person encounters with Saddam. A lot of the book has nothing to do with Saddam's secrets.

I have just finished Saddam's Secrets and felt compelled to express my opinion, especially after reading some very misguided reviews of his fine book I was very moved by this book and the integrity of the author. It was great read that I found hard to put down.
I was born in Iraq, and I am Christian. We moved to America for a better life. We love our new country. I have kept tabs to my former
Country and know that Mr.Sada's views are consistent with my own independent findings.
I feel everyone should get exposure to this book to properly frame
The events before, during and and after the brutal, inhuman reign of Saddam Hussein. It also helps to put into context the decisions
The Bush administration made. Alot of the negative criticism was
actually there, they are quick to dismiss any information that might challenge their core beliefs and threaten their identity
(Anti Bush).
Intellectual honesty demands a proper weighing of new ideas and information. I hope this book and author gets it's day in the courtroom of public opinion. It very well could be a catalyst to us closer together as a country. I hope so!

THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ FOR ALL AMERICANS.

Having lived in Iraq for 14 years under the rule of Saddam, I was glad to pick up this book and find someone who can document the oppressive system that Saddam ruled by. General Sada offers an amazing insider prespective to the military in Iraq and to the mind of one the most evil dictators to rule in both the 20th and 21st centurys. The book is a tour de force in its revelation of many secrets regarding the rule of Saddam. Would recommend it to anyone who wanted to hear both a christian and military prespective to the rule of Saddam and the Baath Party. Thank you General Sada!

This book is a great read. It sheds a different light on Saddam and his thinking. If you want a different prospective about the war and Saddam, defiantly read the book.

I am an ex Air Force Service man, and served my country during the Vietnamese war. However,I am a Christian and was born in Iraq and lived there for twenty years before immigrating to the land of the free.I was given a copy of General Georges Sada's book by one of my relatives. Once I started reading it, I could not put it down. I found this book believable, intriguing and very interesting. This book will give the reader a better insight about the Iraqi people and their history, It will give the reader a picture of life before, during and after the removal of Saddam. I pray that more Americans will read this book to get a better understanding of why we had to remove Saddam, and why we are trying to create a democracy in Iraq. I found General Georges Sada to be a very brave and honarable man. He is speaking the truth when there are so many that are trying to paint a different picture to the events. This book is highly recommended, its must read for all who want to hear the truth. And it should be required reading by any one who is concerned about us being in Iraq.

This is an excellent book from a highly respected general in the Iraqi military, an insider who knew the working's of Saddam and had the courage to stand up to Saddam and tell him the honest truth.

Take for instance Saddam's plan to send warplanes armed with chemical weapons into Israel. General Sada stood up, told the blinding truth that the effort would be a failure and bring more problems against Iraq and that Israel had the ability to inflict much more damage.

Gen. Sada also tells just how sadistic and crazy Saddam was, obsessed with power and wealth at the expense of other's.

General Sada deserves a lot of credit for standing up and telling the truth, and this book reveals the whole story. The "anti-war" crowd doesn't want anyone to read this book because it shatters their story of being lied to that they like to harp so much about.

And now, as more and more documents are being released, it cooberates everything that has been said before the start of the war to today.

I would rate this book as the most important book to read on the subject, bar none.

Just as George W. Bush's popularity begins to sink lower than
a snake's belly in the Grand Canyon (March 2006), along comes this "honorable" gentleman Georges Sada , a former Iraqi air force general in Saddam Hussein's rogue military, a military strategist who very likely helped to plan the invasion of
Kuwait, and now three bloody years after "Operation Shock and Awe", this former Saddam loyalist leaps onto the world stage with
this great Republican agitprop piece suggesting that Bush was right all along and wily
Saddam actually did hide his WMD in a Syrian outhouse !! Surely American military intelligence would have learned about these "secrets"
from Sada long ago if he were indeed the honorable man he claims to be. Why did he sit on these "secrets" for three years?
I suspect Mr. Sada will soon be living in a very posh condo
in Palm Springs, California, courtesy of some southern California Republicans who just can't admit that Bush led the
American Army on a wild goose chase across the dry, hot, harsh deserts of Iraq. The Republican Party owns a great many
publishing companies and can print whatever rubbish it likes.
Sada would say anything to win favor with the Bush Administration and secure his own future in the new "democratic"
Iraq. The fact that he claims to be a good Christian simply means that he has all the more reason to fear deadly reprisals
from former Baathists still loyal to an imprisoned Saddam or
from southern Iraqi Shiite fundamentalist Muslims who resent all Christians and Sunni Iraqi. Sada wants to save his own skin and
line his pockets. He might be almost as wily as Saddam, especially since he survived all those years under Saddam's rule. No small feat in itself. As Ronald Reagan himself used
to say "trust, but verify". I wouldn't trust anyone who was
a loyal servant of Saddam. Sada has simply
changed his loyalties. Any apolitical survivor would do the same. Read the book but don't forget who Sada was faithful to
for so many years. Sada willingly served an evil master, why?
Why didn't he abandon Iraq after Saddam ordered his military to
carry out a deadly chemical gas attack against Kurdish
civilians in the late l980's? Sada was very comfortable serving
a ruthless dictator. Now are we to forgive him and embrace his
version of events? Wake up America. DON'T be neo-conned again and again. Sada appeared on a late night comedy show because
not even Bush takes this doddering old fool seriously. And as
other readers have noticed, the book was in all likelihood
written by a ghostwriter, one who perhaps has links to the
Republican Party.

saddam killed anybody for disagreeing with him.... it's amazing how many people claimed that they were candid with saddam, and then after his fall, and as the taped conversations they had with saddam came out, they all turned out to be his lap dogs.

saddam was a killer, and only killers were kept around him. honest people were moved out, or if they were unlucky, tortured and executed.

This book is fiction in most ways....

Three years in, and we're still trying to re-write why we are there. It's a bit too late now. Let's get back to reality shall we, and look at the facts.