wtf, saddam a published author?

Wow, who knew?

Saddam book a hot seller:-
AMMAN, Jordan | July 01, 2005 10:11:23 PM IST

The novel's plot is not at all gripping nor is its prose elegant, but a bootlegged version has become a hit in Jordan because its author is Saddam Hussein.

The Times of London says the book's sales appeal has been further enhanced by a ban on it by the Jordanian government.

The book, titled, Get Out, You Cursed One, is the tale of an Arab tribesman who defeats foreign infidels. The Times said its popularity may point to growing sympathy for the former Iraqi dictator among Arabs as postwar Iraq lies in chaos.

Hussein apparently wrote the 186-page book in 2003, the year of the U.S.-led invasion, the Times said. His older daughter, Raghad, who fled to Amman with her sister during the war, decided to publish it in Jordan to highlight her father's legacy and boost pan-Arab sentiments.

In a dedication to her father in the back cover, the daughter wrote: You, who raised our heads high, the heads of the Iraqis, Arabs and Muslims -- we present to you our souls -- to the father of the heroes, to my beloved and dear father, with all my respect and glory to you.
(UPI)