What if you served a cruel and powerful dictator to provide for your family? Witnessed a top-secret meeting that could cost you your life? What if death notices showed up at your front door and assassins hunted you? Meet Mohammed Sulaiman: VIP Pilot of Saddam Hussein, father of four beautiful children, and keeper of secrets.

Across his career, Mohammed's had a number of wild adventures, both on the ground and off. But nothing compares to the story author Lauren Ungeldi's helped him to tell in their new book 'Flying the Tyrant' - that of Saddam Hussien, the tyrant who personally paid him to fly to secret meetings, classified conferences, and untold dangers.

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
03:30 - Brought Up in the Cockpit
06:00 - Daily Routine
07:30 - How Did We Get This Interview?
11:30 - Growing Up in Habbaniya
14:30 - My Oldest Brother Was Killed
18:00 - Blocked from Global Politics
22:30 - Cuisine and Combat
26:30 - Flying before Driving
32:30 - A Prayer Tower & An Umbrella
34:30 - Joining the Air Force
38:30 - Lost Lives
44:30 - First Flight with Saddam
48:30 - Saddam Hussein, In His Underwear
52:00 - The Israeli Prime Minister Meeting
1:03:30 - Out of Country, Overweight, with an Engine Fire
01:20:30 - Nobody Knew Americans Were Coming
01:23:30 - Everything Changed in 1991
01:29:30 - America Should've Finished The Job
01:33:30 - Grounded
01:40:00 - An Active-Duty Appliance Salesman
01:45:30 - Sending the Family to America
01:51:30 - Death Threats on My Door
01:54:30 - Narrowly Escaping A Drive-By Shooting
01:58:30 - Danger Close
01:58:30 - Getting Out (with a Bad Wheel)
02:06:30 - Evading Highwaymen
02:10:30 - Safe in Michigan
02:14:30 - A New Last Name
02:17:30 - The Kids are Alright
02:20:30 - Lauren's Perspective
02:23:30 - A Quick Story of Saddam's Sons
02:29:30 - To Hell

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Support Mohammed Sulaiman:

Book - Flying the Tyrant: The Declassified Story of Flying Saddamn Hussein, Keeping Secrets, and Escaping Assasination: https://amzn.to/3IMkgSw
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/flyingthetyrant/

Support Lauren Ungeldi:

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/laurenungeldi/

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