Talk:1979 Ba'ath Party Purge

Essayist Christopher Hitchens argues that the purge was the watershed moment in which Hussein became supreme leader of Iraq, comparable to the Night of the Long Knives in Nazi Germany or the murder of Sergey Kirov, culminating in the Great Purge in the Soviet Union. Citation needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.59.255.120 (talk) 14:41, 8 October 2020 (UTC) Sources 3 and 4 do not prove that the executions were carried out by the surviving party members as stated in the article. Source 3 does not cover it at all, and source 4 only says that members of the party formed the execution teams. Is there any more information on the subject? 2A0A:A541:97D9:0:5012:6B01:AA90:7EE3 (talk) 15:34, 10 January 2021 (UTC)