“There has long been fierce rivalry: THE COURAGE OF MEN OF THE PAST”

When the former President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was taken to the place of execution, the American soldiers asked him what his final wish was before the sentence would be carried out.
His answer surprised them. Calmly and with composure, he said:
“I want to be given my coat so I can wear it.”
The soldiers were surprised by this request. One of them asked him in amazement:
“Why do you want to wear a coat now when you are on your way to death?”
Then Saddam Hussein gave a response that became memorable. He said:
“Today it is very cold in Baghdad. I do not want my body to shake because of the cold, so that my people will not think their leader is trembling out of fear of death.”
Allahu Akbar.