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Summary

“A uniquely mind-blowing and brilliant contribution to our understanding of the various evil forces that have mired America in the never-ending Iraq war.” —Dr. Philip Zimbardo, New York Times–bestselling author 
 
Midnight in Samarra is the shocking true story of Gregory Ford’s attempt to speak up and report the abuse and torture he saw being inflicted on the local population in Iraq, as well as secret, incriminating, enormous Iraqi arms stores of American-made Weapons of Mass Destruction with bills of lading implicating, among others, famous political families. An intelligence agent and medic, Ford also warned his command about the simmering anti-American fury of the local populace, but his intel was ignored and suppressed, along with his information about Saddam Hussein’s location that could have led to the dictator’s apprehension six months before his actual capture. Hundreds of millions of dollars in cash seized in the home of Hussein’s main banker as a result of Ford’s intelligence work vanished without a trace. As Ford was filing charges against his superior officers, they seized his weapons (illegal in a war zone), tried to declare him insane, abducted him by force, restrained him, administered a dangerous mind-altering drug during a Medevac flight, and tried to interrogate him while he was under.  
 
Years later, Gregory Ford is still trying to get justice. While he endured libel, slander, innuendo, and feared for his life, he learned that the chemical injected into him during the drugging on the plane had done permanent damage to his heart and nervous system. Midnight in Samarra is the story of one man’s courage and conviction, and the horrifying truths of one of our most trusted and honored institutions.

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