Hostile Dysfunction

Met Saddam, Survived Iraq: Why the Middle East Still Burns

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In this episode, Joe and Ethan talk with Amjad M. Tadros — veteran Middle East journalist and former CBS News producer — about his three decades as a fixer in some of the region’s most dangerous conflicts. Amjad shares the surreal story of being injured by a cruise missile in Baghdad, meeting Saddam Hussein in the hospital, and how that brief encounter opened doors for years of exclusive…