Considering he has now gone down in history as one of the worst dictators in the history of the world, it seems absolutely bizarre to discover that there is a link between Saddam Hussein and Detroit.
Famous for running Iraq throughout the 1980s and 90s, as well as killing who knows how many people that tried to oppose him, including Kurds against whom chemical weapons were used, we all know what eventually happened to him. However, his story is a prime example of how times can really change.
Back in 1980, he was certainly not regarded by the US as being the kind of person that they should be wary of. In fact, he was kind of seen as being on the good side as opposed to the likes of Iran, so it’s fair to say that there were a number of things going on behind the scenes that the public were not aware of.
But one city went further than any of the rest, and that city was Detroit.
Rather unbelievably, the city presented Saddam Hussein with the keys to the city, which is a pretty impressive honor to bestow on someone. It does make you wonder as to what they then thought a few years later when it all started to go wrong.