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Said Rassi

Said Rassi was a Captain of the Iraqi Army who was trained in interrogation by the United States during the Iran-Iraq War

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Said Rassi was born in Baghdad to a family of Sunni Muslim Arabs, and he joined Saddam Hussein's army to get a nice living for his family. During the war with Iran in the 1980s, he was trained by specialists from the United States with weapons and interrogation, but he fought against America in the Gulf War of 1990-1991. During the war, the Americans bombed his whole block in Baghdad, killing his young son and injuring his wife, whose legs were amputated. He captured American soldier Troy Barlow in March 1991 when they attempted to steal Iraqi gold bullion, and he interrogated him with electric shocks and forcing him to drink oil, but when the Americans freed Barlow while storming the bunker, Barlow spared Rassi, as both of them spoke of their children and their similar reasons for fighting.

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