Hussein also admitted that after participating in the failed assassination attempt against then-Iraqi president Gen. Abdul Karim Qasim in 1959 , he had stayed at the same farm where he was captured by U.S. forces in December of 2003 . Hussein calls Iraq a factor in keeping U.N. inspectors out of Iran . Saddam Hussein described Hussein as a `` zealot , '' said he never met him . He said the United States used September 11 attacks as justification to attack Iraq .
Hussein calls Iraq a factor in keeping U.N. inspectors out of Iran . Saddam Hussein described Hussein as a `` zealot , '' said he never met him . He said the United States used September 11 attacks as justification to attack Iraq .