Saddam receives Quran written in own blood
Saddam commissioned the work in 1997 to thank God for having escaped unharmed from a life full of dangers

September 24, 2000, 01:53 PM

BAGHDAD (AFP) Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has taken delivery of a copy of the Quran he ordered written in his own blood to thank God for escaping unharmed from his long political career, Iraqi newspapers reported Sunday.

The special-edition Quran, the Muslim holy book, took three years to finish and was handed over to Saddam during a ceremony Saturday at the Dar Al Nasser presidential palace in Baghdad, papers said.

The Iraqi leader commissioned the work in 1997 for his 60th birthday to thank God for having escaped unharmed from "a life full of dangers.. . .

Thanks be to the Lord God Almighty for delivering him from "a life full of dangers. . . ." AGAIN!! 

 deja vu all over again