British Spy On Hunting Bin Laden & Meeting Saddam Hussein

British Spy On Hunting Bin Laden & Meeting Saddam Hussein | Minutes With

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In this episode of Minutes With, we sat down with former spy Paul Hughes who gives us an insight into his varied life tracking terrorists in the Middle East and on counter-terror operations in the UK. We hear about his dangerous mission to find Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan after 9/11. Paul explains the tactics used by terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and the Taliban hiding in the mountains and his terrifying experience of coming face to face with Saddam Hussein.
00:00 - 00:25 - Intro
00:25 - 03:15 - Joining The Forces
03:15 - 05:07 - Finding bin Laden
05:07 - 07:40 - Hunting For Terrorists
07:40 - 09:55 - The Dangers
09:55 - 11:20 - Rules of Engagement
11:20 - 14:30 - Meeting Saddam Hussein
14:30 - 17:21 - Counter-Terror Ops
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@LADbible Ай бұрын

Thank you to Paul Hughes for taking part in this episode.

@kokoskokso Ай бұрын

Thank you for putting out all these interesting interviews! However I don't think I'm the only one who would love them to be much longer. Great stuff as always LADbible 👌

Ай бұрын

Thanks Paul👍

@SmittyWall Ай бұрын

You've named the best spy in Britain so definitely put his address

@icyblueeyes11 Ай бұрын

Please don't ask a soldier if they've k1lled someone. It's not something they want to do and they most likely think about it a lot. Just my opinion. Love the Minutes interviews

Ай бұрын

@@icyblueeyes11 Agreed and very disrespectful.

@kendohmassif1984 Ай бұрын

He’s 55 years old?! Looks about 30 😂

@mrsugar2352 Ай бұрын

He’s not 55 or else he’s had the hair done one of the two 🤣🤣

@Vaginaninja 29 күн бұрын

@mrsugar2352 he literally refers to his age. Ironic that you are watching a video on "intelligence"

@DukeOfArrakis 29 күн бұрын

Yo fr

@user-ir4mo8fv9i 28 күн бұрын

30?😂 maybe 40 but now way 30

@charles3727 28 күн бұрын

14:39 - he signed till 55 and he’s only a few months off that

@WorldTour789 Ай бұрын

Saddam was the bad guy who kept all the other bad guys in check, i think in some ways knowing what's going on now, they would have kept him alive.

@markroberts8596 Ай бұрын

Exactly this 👍. So so true

@Umar_1994_ Ай бұрын

They got rid of one Saddam, and created a thousand. No remorse though, money is money.

@howdeedoodee6603 Ай бұрын

Maybe - but who knews ?

@mezmanmerrill7412 Ай бұрын

Exactly. that area if the world has and always be unstable.

@8BitHate Ай бұрын

Glad someone had common sense in the comments. Also him and Gadafi also wanted the gold standard to remain but the US had other ideas, wonder where all the gold those countries had is now? 🤔

@Granny_Cat_Lady Ай бұрын

I absolutely loved this guy - he has the gift of the gab, answering questions without actually giving anything sensitive away ... thank you Sir ❤

@GoneKayaking 22 күн бұрын

Comes across as a really genuine and fascinating guy.

@shane-porter Ай бұрын

Fascinating bloke with a fascinating story. Thanks for your service, and others like you.

@user-zv6vu8so8x Ай бұрын

Great interview. More like this please 😊

@christinadooley344 Ай бұрын

Great insight,good watch

@reallysmallguy3871 28 күн бұрын

Speaks like a teacher telling you story what a cool bloke

@mediapartners9950 29 күн бұрын

Top interview with a very capable operator. Many thanks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@Coroner88 5 күн бұрын

What a chill guy!

@mtb5778 19 күн бұрын

thanks for your service.

@billy6817 Ай бұрын

Lovin this

@lazylad8544 Ай бұрын

Great insight and excellent stories.

@deniseferron3397 Ай бұрын

Learn Pashto in 3 to 6 months? Written and spoken? Kudos!!

@benhallo1553 Ай бұрын

I call bullshit

@Steaminlidz Ай бұрын

@@benhallo1553There being intensive language training programmes for military personnel is well documented. Especially for someone who’s already fluent in other languages. If he speaks Welsh, he’s likely to have a natural aptitude for it - cos that language is impenetrable

@benhallo1553 Ай бұрын

@@Steaminlidz he speaks welsh because he grew up in wales. I’m self taught in German and basically did an immersion experience studying abroad. That was hard enough. There is no way he could have learned a non European language to a good level in 6 months. We’ll never say never, but I am incredibly skeptical

@dupontdiscliple Ай бұрын

@@Steaminlidzapparently our guy Ben here needs to improve his English comprehensive skills since well documented would mean he wud have to do some research. Then he wont be able to call bs on everything like the peog

@lmnts556 29 күн бұрын

@@benhallo1553 your inability does not apply to others

@stephenhankey9684 28 күн бұрын

Absolutely fascinating!!

@nieljohn6768 Ай бұрын

""Oh, you're a spy then" hahaha. Granddad was probably really proud.

@aprilsmith3683 3 күн бұрын

Cut from the same cloth is what I'm guessing... Loved Grandad's quip... 🇿🇦

@sera2775 20 күн бұрын

Voice and physical features brought to mind brian blessed. What a humble and lovely guy, unless you're a baddie. It's interesting that he said hard to stop a lone wolf attack and what happened with the sword attack.

@user-zh7ji4rb3x 27 күн бұрын

Solid interview.

@gregpope4652 5 күн бұрын

Wild. Awesome. 🤠

@jayveebee2095 Ай бұрын

Cool dude.

@away69 20 күн бұрын

Dude's intense!

@gelly5950 15 күн бұрын

An exceptionally intelligent man.

@adzik1302 Ай бұрын

Simply wow

@dagmarkestlerova1525 20 күн бұрын

There are amazing people between us

@sloth0jr 21 күн бұрын

The callout definitions are bemusing; I guess time flies and these things aren't commonly known anymore.

@user-if4fd5wl1y 28 күн бұрын

excellent vid

@catau8000 27 күн бұрын

love this man - very cool

@Bombheadwire Ай бұрын

Interesting guy..

@cleveland3352 29 күн бұрын

His story about his grandad and the card killed me🤣🤣🤣🤣

@mina-zc5lq 6 күн бұрын

As an Iraqi, this was an interesting interview to watch.

@sjd222 24 күн бұрын

Brilliant! Paul is such an interesting person - engaging, intelligent and easy to talk to. Well Done for getting him in!

@Myt153 18 күн бұрын

Take care

@Stephen-wb3wf 28 күн бұрын

He is delightful, he is going to be an even more delightful old guy in the corner of a pub someday. I wonder how the armed forces of modern countries feel about pretty anyone who served these days making a youtube channel or doing podcasts, interviews like these? His description of the vibe of Saddam is pretty much word for word of Chapelle meeting OJ haha.

@jakeharrison6695 Ай бұрын

Why have you stopped putting these on Spotify?

@katiebaker5662 29 күн бұрын

That comment about his grandfather was so funny

@HieronymousCheese 25 күн бұрын

You can't pull the wool over Grandad's eyes.

@2shy1151 8 күн бұрын

Aye :)

@raspberry765 26 күн бұрын

LOVE this accent

@thedevilsreject23 28 күн бұрын

A fellow Welshman 👍🏻🥃🍻

@truffs1010 29 күн бұрын

What a fascinating character. Imagine the stories he's not allowed to tell us!

@BoneyMalone Ай бұрын

11:38 captured? He was killed.

@SteveBryson 29 күн бұрын

Wait a second, I recognise this chap. He was with Des Powell in National Army Museum at a Damien Lewis chat. I took the boy whose heading to RM, the boy casually asked Paul, "What's your story?", "If I told you, I'd have to kill you." How we laughed. Quietly, to ourselves. Outside. In the car. Breaking the speed limit. Away. He's a big chap.

@johnharris7353 7 күн бұрын

Thank god for our people like him ! Women and men.

@israrhussain6175 28 күн бұрын

this guys was on The TV show hunted

@garethhughes2498 29 күн бұрын

A full badged member of the Royal Airforce! 😅 deary me!

@chindit6784 26 күн бұрын

What does it it mean to be full badged?

@amandajackson6714 Ай бұрын

This man is an absolute legend and thank you for your bravery and service. But IMHO he gave too many secrets away.

@paul1os Ай бұрын

he gave away no secrets, he would have to ask permission from his bosses to come on, he would have been briefed on what he can and cant say and then this would have been reviewed before it was allowed to be aired - this would have been HEAVILY edited :)

@ItsOnlyRyan Ай бұрын

He gave away no operational information, places, names, real names or identities, no real dates just perfectly spoke without giving away details… what secrets did you learn?

@TheMILVSCR Ай бұрын

Just a grizzled war veteran with amazing insights.

@paulwilliams6415 28 күн бұрын

Also lead singer of queens of the Stone Age

@johnsblade 29 күн бұрын

I feel my manliness being compromised by just listening to this absolute unit! Top bloke 👍👍

@MODERNVAMPIRE100 24 күн бұрын

Being compromised? So your saying u are being turned on by his manliness,and alpha male persona? 🤔 Bro you might want to word ur comments better😅

@jayc2469 Ай бұрын

I'm sure I just read some Positive comments that Vanished!!

@Wewhowandernow 18 күн бұрын

This man sounds just like Michael Bisping

@cmcc3721 Ай бұрын

Given the avsolute numbers areiving on our sgore each year, i cant say i feel reassured by this guys closing comments.

@aprilsmith3683 3 күн бұрын

Perfect answer... "...how many people we saved..." Consumate professional... 🇿🇦

@DBIIJ0U 28 күн бұрын

Tell me thats not Tormund Giantbane 😭

@steeeeeevemaaaaaaden110 29 күн бұрын

Please write a book!!

@mpi1191 Ай бұрын

Remember, this is him reading out loud what the envelope they gave him when he left says

@deangelisdata Ай бұрын

not necessarily

@vernonbear Ай бұрын

Yep, he knows that he is bound by the Official Secrets Act. He’s smart enough to be able to put into words enough to make it sound interesting without getting anywhere near to stepping over the line. There’s no point getting hauled before a court over an interview with Lad Bible.

@mattcrewe498 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your service 🙏🏻

@jamadidthis 29 күн бұрын

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@leightzmill Күн бұрын

St. Athens made me want to join the airforce. When i was told id never fly because of my eyesight, I gave uo the idea.

@AlianaLiliIharosi 27 күн бұрын

He looks/sounds like the guy who was used as a face model/voice actor for Ghost in CoD 😂 #therealspook 👻

@jokingkiller Ай бұрын

Amazing how he barely blinks

@SmittyWall Ай бұрын

Drugs

@user-sz8km9dy5v Ай бұрын

@@SmittyWall😩🦍

@SmittyWall Ай бұрын

@@user-sz8km9dy5vI'm not a local GP, nor a "Terrorist Hunter" words would be helpful

@user-sz8km9dy5v 29 күн бұрын

@@SmittyWall 🦷🦷🦷🦷🦷🫵🏿

@SmittyWall 29 күн бұрын

@@user-sz8km9dy5vnope again, words please

@ShangHighRoller Ай бұрын

It wasn't that long ago that ISIS attacked the Adrianna Grande concert.

@jezcorrigan651 29 күн бұрын

“Rules of engagement are strictly adhered to” Israel: No understand

@peanuts2105 29 күн бұрын

Don't believe what the press say. Hammas are the thugs here. Using hospitals as a human shield is the tip of their depravity

@bambino.casa.beera. 23 күн бұрын

@@peanuts2105go back to sleep 🤣 🫏

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@Khuros 6 күн бұрын

So it turns out Saddam was right to worry that the weapons inspectors were spys hahaha.

@drewjamila3868 Ай бұрын

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@Trident_Gaming03 27 күн бұрын

This guy is probably the realest mf, he's come tracked down and come face to face with some of the most violent people in the world, absolute badass

@calebkeck7840 18 күн бұрын

Imagine being spurs in by Gerald butler

@suprarcjpop545 Ай бұрын

And after the US and UK ran away recently leaving everything behind there are even more weapons.

@rikkivet3407 29 күн бұрын

They handed control to Afghan forces after 20 years of training them

@rikkivet3407 29 күн бұрын

Intelligence of a bowl of jelly 😂😂😂

@suprarcjpop545 29 күн бұрын

@@rikkivet3407 And they were running away too

@rikkivet3407 29 күн бұрын

@@suprarcjpop545 literally had power for 20 years Taliban only got power once the Afghan army surrendered

@karlwba1372 2 күн бұрын

@@rikkivet3407 and the Taliban walked back in when the west upped and left , meaning that thousands of those very brave loyal Afgans who had assisted the west , were hung out too dry, every man for themself, murdered them and their families as traitors taking all the weapons....leaving the region in a far more unstable place, than it was before we went on that folly... and its cost billion of $£ / Euro`s...100`s of thousand dead on all sides .all for nowt...#sameasiteverwas

@jed_91 Ай бұрын

As a uk person it good to know we got people protecting our land 🎉🎉🎉😊

@Got-2B-Said 20 күн бұрын

Protecting those at the top interests you mean.

@andrewcross6021 Ай бұрын

Pinch of salt needed for this one. RAF going outide the airfield fence line? Lightning? Nah hes blahing.

@martinaddison6244 7 күн бұрын

Don't write the RAF off just because of a badge.

@andrewcross6021 7 күн бұрын

@@martinaddison6244 not writing them off. Just they dont generally do what this chap said he got up to.

@Myt153 18 күн бұрын

Sadam in Germany 🇩🇪 ,, auto come out en meet you deffenetly

@xhall0910 6 күн бұрын

That feeling of Evil when he met Saddam... I had the exact feeling when they streamed his hanging. I turned it off immediately.

@garyt4983 28 күн бұрын

Oil and gold

@justinlewis8271 8 күн бұрын

Am I the only one who finds this whole thing a little bit suspicious

@moneill 19 күн бұрын

I wish the interviewers would stop asking "did you kill anybody?" You could see the look on his face when he heard the question. Maybe he doesn't want to think about it?

@mathewjones5520 28 күн бұрын

Lyneham is not "just outside Cardiff" what a weapon 🤣🤣🤣

@welshqmu 25 күн бұрын

St Athan, not Lyneham.

@mathewjones5520 25 күн бұрын

@@welshqmu pretty sure he said lyneham, I know where both are 👍

@AlphaGamer1981 Ай бұрын

Granted Saddam was a terrifying man, but when he was executed, Iraq fell under sharia law and is the worst it's ever been. When Saddam was in control, Iraq was a vibrant place and there was order. It's now fallen into chaos.

@winstoncoolidge1644 Ай бұрын

Well Said. I know two guys from that country that said things were fine under Sadam. And they had to leave the country after as it’s a MESS

@samiecarr1885 Ай бұрын

@@winstoncoolidge1644It's what us British do best, that, drawing lines on maps and separating countries, pillaging gold and oil who said the Empire was dead!😡😡

@ScottyDnB 29 күн бұрын

Saddams sons would have been next in line and they would have not been so 'civil' as saddam.

@NTL578 29 күн бұрын

@@samiecarr1885I'm so glad I'm just that bit older than you, that I wasn't taught to hate myself and my country, like you were.

@AlphaGamer1981 29 күн бұрын

@@ScottyDnB Oh yeah. If Saddam hadn't been executed and he passed the reign over to Uday (or died and Uday inherited it) Iraq would have fallen into chaos in a very different way, it may not have been sharia law, but I'm thinking Joffrey from game of thrones, and Uday would have actually been more of a geniune threat than ever Saddam was and I know that is a bold statement to make.

@welshqmu 25 күн бұрын

I am so confused by the accent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇺🇸 🤣

@scott3021 9 күн бұрын

It’s true 😂

@mrbennett3791 24 күн бұрын

My full family were in the armed forces, father REMI, grandfather royal highland fusiliers, mother navy, uncles airforce, I was told from a young age I was going into the armed forces, my grandfather passed away on Xmas eve when I was 16 and I rebelled got into the wrong crowd and ended up going the wrong way in life , I wish I could go back and do it all again I’d do it so different, but such is life I need to live with that mistake now

@mehmetcam5503 25 күн бұрын

He must of been so scared when Saddam walked in, just can’t admit it 😂

@BRADLEY856 17 күн бұрын

How long was he on UN team Iraq ?

@marckenny3131 28 күн бұрын

Is he searching for Rishi Sunak? Or Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu? Surely they are top of his list

@keatonwoods60 28 күн бұрын

lol a British person calling someone else evil and the devil is hilarious

@Got-2B-Said 20 күн бұрын

And what country do you reside in ?

@DickieH 29 күн бұрын

Is it just me or he does sound like someone who’s doing an Arnold Schwarzenegger impression?

@limatwotango6964 29 күн бұрын

I’m hearing lots of different accents from lots of different place’s.

@Mikemfm666 Ай бұрын

My dad gave me some old old money from one of saddams from one of his palaces in Iraq from back in the early 2,000s. He is/was in SOF. I wanted to follow his foot steps but I was diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 17. So thay got nixed.

@kapambwekapambwe4131 Ай бұрын

Do you still have the money ?

@user-sz8km9dy5v Ай бұрын

@@kapambwekapambwe4131lying

@hoodbyair223 11 күн бұрын

Europe isn't ready

@jacobdrummond3013 Ай бұрын

These interviewers should be told (if not immediately obvious already, as a manner of respect), under no circumstances should you be asking how many people a man has killed. You might think it wins column inches, but just have a bit of a regard for what that question really means. To the interviewer, it clearly means Jack shit.

@mattgiles8726 Ай бұрын

Bloater

@SeanAEHegarty1984 Ай бұрын

Seen this guy on Dodge’s podcast and he says pretty much the same. Good interview. Good guy. But the same info

@iNS4N3xixSN1P3R Ай бұрын

Obsessed

@SeanAEHegarty1984 Ай бұрын

@@iNS4N3xixSN1P3R Nah, not obsessed, just bored and he happened to come up twice on KZfaq

@user-sz8km9dy5v Ай бұрын

@@SeanAEHegarty1984hit a nerve

@SeanAEHegarty1984 Ай бұрын

@@user-sz8km9dy5v no, just being polite and responding to the comment

@PKP1 29 күн бұрын

I did the Pashto language test at chicksands.

@martinaddison6244 7 күн бұрын

No offence- there are lots of people who 'nearly joined the army'.

@SmittyWall Ай бұрын

Who smells that?? Yet shows his face, come on really?? What a spy, nobody will ever know who he is

@theophrastusbombastus1359 Ай бұрын

What does it matter who knows? It's like the retired SAS operatives giving interviews You think they weren't in the regiment because they share their identity freely?

@SmittyWall Ай бұрын

@theophrastusbombastus1359 oh sorry it doesn't matter as a person of real importance always ends up on ladbible, I like you and I think we should invade Iran??

@Elchinodiabolero 12 күн бұрын

''If I was the target they wouldn't drop a hellfire missile because you guys are here too'' Israel should really take some notes

@AYYD36 6 күн бұрын

I was looking for this comment, glad someone else has the same thought as myself

@habeebkhan7771 Ай бұрын

You shouldn’t of been there in the first place…..killed over one million people……our brave soldiers die for nothing

@winstoncoolidge1644 Ай бұрын

Well Said

@Manimal5279 21 күн бұрын

Interesting watching these former military members play mental gymnastics to justify their part in a totally illegal war.

@xxxremastered3264 29 күн бұрын

💯💯💯

@manapeer8200 Ай бұрын

Soooo, you're saying 9/11 not inside job😏

@joeharna 21 күн бұрын

This man was a spy for the worlds biggest colonial project, yet has the audacity to label a lesser evil as a devil.

@JohnnyCarterMusicOfficial Ай бұрын

DON'T BELIEVE A WORD THIS MAN JUST SAID.

@theophrastusbombastus1359 Ай бұрын

Why?

@billy6817 Ай бұрын

Why?

@billy6817 Ай бұрын

You've got 2 subscribers and no posts. 😂. What do you do???

@billy6817 Ай бұрын

No content. Yeah. Good one. 💪

@USJTAC Ай бұрын

“Osama bin Laden was captured in 2011 by US Navy SEALS” No, but he did capture two rounds from an HK416 to the head.

@husnihassan9971 Ай бұрын

He captured two towers before that

@finncentt Ай бұрын

@@husnihassan9971or did he?

@ayva3352 21 күн бұрын

his name isnt paul hughes....