Some know him as Saddam Hussein’s half-brother, some remember him as the head of the Mukhabarat, the dreaded Iraqi intelligence agency, and others recall the graphic image of his decapitated head after a botched hanging in 2007. For a man whose name means prominent or famous in Arabic, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti has left an interesting … Continue reading Doting Father and Feminist: The Other Side of Saddam’s Half-Brother, the Head of the Iraqi Secret Police