far fetched as it may seem - it allows for maintaining some power whereas the only other logical option does not - and, as you said, a dictator's primary priority is maintaining power.
Add that to the fact that Saddam Hussein is well known as a master manipulator of the media and it's not as far-fetched as it may seem.
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