CNN shoots first video inside Saddam Hussein 's cell , gets a look at his journal . `` As he went out , he said goodbye to the guards and then got into the vehicles and proceeded to the execution , '' the general said . Marine general describes Hussein 's last days and preparation for execution . Hussein planted a garden , worked out , wrote poetry while in prison . He was friendly with guards , who called him ` ` Vic '' for Very Important " .
CNN shoots first video inside Saddam Hussein 's cell , gets a look at his journal . Marine general describes Hussein 's last days and preparation for execution . Hussein planted a garden , worked out , wrote poetry while in prison . He was friendly with guards , who called him ` ` Vic '' for Very Important " .