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Getting Into Saddam Hussein's Head

NPR

Published December 1, 2008 at 11:00 AM MST

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HBO's new miniseries, House of Saddam, chronicles the life of the former Iraqi dictator. Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo, who plays Hussein's wife and writer-director Alex Holmes discuss the challenges they faced in portraying the Hussein family