{"id":323880,"date":"2026-03-06T21:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-to-secure-an-exclusive-interview-with-a-dictator\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T21:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:00:25","slug":"how-to-secure-an-exclusive-interview-with-a-dictator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-to-secure-an-exclusive-interview-with-a-dictator\/","title":{"rendered":"How to secure an exclusive interview with a dictator&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/wdcYu2xwomQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How to secure an exclusive interview with a dictator...\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wdcYu2xwomQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Sir Trevor McDonald tells new ITV News show Reporting History how he secured a British exclusive interview with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1990, weeks after his invasion of Kuwait, which sparked the Gulf War. 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