British Spy On Hunting Bin Laden & Meeting Saddam Hussein | Minutes With
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День томуIn this episode of Minutes With, we sit 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 16 днів тому
Thank you to Paul Hughes for taking part in this episode.
@kokoskokso 16 днів тому
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 👌
16 днів тому
Thanks Paul👍
@SmittyWall 16 днів тому
You've named the best spy in Britain so definitely put his address
@icyblueeyes11 16 днів тому
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
16 днів тому
@@icyblueeyes11 Agreed and very disrespectful.
@kendohmassif1984 16 днів тому
He’s 55 years old?! Looks about 30 😂
@mrsugar2352 16 днів тому
He’s not 55 or else he’s had the hair done one of the two 🤣🤣
@Vaginaninja 15 днів тому
@mrsugar2352 he literally refers to his age. Ironic that you are watching a video on "intelligence"
@DukeOfArrakis 15 днів тому
Yo fr
@user-ir4mo8fv9i 14 днів тому
30?😂 maybe 40 but now way 30
@charles3727 14 днів тому
14:39 - he signed till 55 and he’s only a few months off that
@WorldTour789 16 днів тому
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 16 днів тому
Exactly this 👍. So so true
@Umar_1994_ 16 днів тому
They got rid of one Saddam, and created a thousand. No remorse though, money is money.
@howdeedoodee6603 16 днів тому
Maybe - but who knews ?
@mezmanmerrill7412 16 днів тому
Exactly. that area if the world has and always be unstable.
@8BitHate 16 днів тому
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 16 днів тому
I absolutely loved this guy - he has the gift of the gab, answering questions without actually giving anything sensitive away ... thank you Sir ❤
@deniseferron3397 16 днів тому
Learn Pashto in 3 to 6 months? Written and spoken? Kudos!!
@benhallo1553 16 днів тому
I call bullshit
@Steaminlidz 16 днів тому
@@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 16 днів тому
@@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 16 днів тому
@@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 14 днів тому
@@benhallo1553 your inability does not apply to others
@shane-porter 16 днів тому
Fascinating bloke with a fascinating story. Thanks for your service, and others like you.
@GoneKayaking 8 днів тому
Comes across as a really genuine and fascinating guy.
@reallysmallguy3871 14 днів тому
Speaks like a teacher telling you story what a cool bloke
@user-zv6vu8so8x 16 днів тому
Great interview. More like this please 😊
@christinadooley344 16 днів тому
Great insight,good watch
@mediapartners9950 15 днів тому
Top interview with a very capable operator. Many thanks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@cdbradley10 15 днів тому
Amazing. Thank you sir for your incredible service, we love you. Please keep sharing your insights and knowledge.
@sera2775 6 днів тому
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.
@billy6817 16 днів тому
Lovin this
@nieljohn6768 16 днів тому
""Oh, you're a spy then" hahaha. Granddad was probably really proud.
@jakeharrison6695 16 днів тому
Why have you stopped putting these on Spotify?
@lazylad8544 16 днів тому
Great insight and excellent stories.
@katiebaker5662 15 днів тому
That comment about his grandfather was so funny
@HieronymousCheese 11 днів тому
You can't pull the wool over Grandad's eyes.
@mtb5778 5 днів тому
thanks for your service.
@truffs1010 15 днів тому
What a fascinating character. Imagine the stories he's not allowed to tell us!
@gelly5950 День тому
An exceptionally intelligent man.
@SteveBryson 15 днів тому
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.
@jayveebee2095 16 днів тому
Cool dude.
@user-zh7ji4rb3x 13 днів тому
Solid interview.
@BoneyMalone 16 днів тому
11:38 captured? He was killed.
@cleveland3352 15 днів тому
His story about his grandad and the card killed me🤣🤣🤣🤣
@TheMILVSCR 16 днів тому
Just a grizzled war veteran with amazing insights.
@sjd222 10 днів тому
Brilliant! Paul is such an interesting person - engaging, intelligent and easy to talk to. Well Done for getting him in!
@stephenhankey9684 14 днів тому
Absolutely fascinating!!
@Stephen-wb3wf 14 днів тому
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.
@away69 6 днів тому
Dude's intense!
@johnsblade 15 днів тому
I feel my manliness being compromised by just listening to this absolute unit! Top bloke 👍👍
@MODERNVAMPIRE100 10 днів тому
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😅
@sloth0jr 7 днів тому
The callout definitions are bemusing; I guess time flies and these things aren't commonly known anymore.
@Bombheadwire 16 днів тому
Interesting guy..
@garethhughes2498 15 днів тому
A full badged member of the Royal Airforce! 😅 deary me!
@chindit6784 12 днів тому
What does it it mean to be full badged?
@mpi1191 16 днів тому
Remember, this is him reading out loud what the envelope they gave him when he left says
@deangelisdata 16 днів тому
not necessarily
@vernonbear 16 днів тому
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.
@thedevilsreject23 13 днів тому
A fellow Welshman 👍🏻🥃🍻
@dagmarkestlerova1525 6 днів тому
There are amazing people between us
@amandajackson6714 16 днів тому
This man is an absolute legend and thank you for your bravery and service. But IMHO he gave too many secrets away.
@paul1os 16 днів тому
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 16 днів тому
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?
@israrhussain6175 14 днів тому
this guys was on The TV show hunted
@adzik1302 16 днів тому
Simply wow
@user-if4fd5wl1y 14 днів тому
excellent vid
@raspberry765 12 днів тому
LOVE this accent
@DBIIJ0U 14 днів тому
Tell me thats not Tormund Giantbane 😭
@drewjamila3868 16 днів тому
How to share stories in ladbible?
@stup4501 16 днів тому
Maybe contact Ladbible with your story pal
@catau8000 13 днів тому
love this man - very cool
@Trident_Gaming03 13 днів тому
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
@welshqmu 11 днів тому
I am so confused by the accent 🏴 🇺🇸 🤣
@suprarcjpop545 16 днів тому
And after the US and UK ran away recently leaving everything behind there are even more weapons.
@rikkivet3407 15 днів тому
They handed control to Afghan forces after 20 years of training them
@rikkivet3407 15 днів тому
Intelligence of a bowl of jelly 😂😂😂
@suprarcjpop545 15 днів тому
@@rikkivet3407 And they were running away too
@rikkivet3407 15 днів тому
@@suprarcjpop545 literally had power for 20 years Taliban only got power once the Afghan army surrendered
@Alexibawendi 15 днів тому
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@PhilCraig-vx3up 15 днів тому
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@BeckerGodfrey 15 днів тому
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@PhilCraig-vx3up 15 днів тому
Thanks to Mrs Maria Davis.
@PhilCraig-vx3up 15 днів тому
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@Alexibawendi 15 днів тому
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@Myt153 4 дні тому
Take care
@Wewhowandernow 4 дні тому
This man sounds just like Michael Bisping
@paulwilliams6415 14 днів тому
Also lead singer of queens of the Stone Age
@steeeeeevemaaaaaaden110 15 днів тому
Please write a book!!
@cmcc3721 16 днів тому
Given the avsolute numbers areiving on our sgore each year, i cant say i feel reassured by this guys closing comments.
@jayc2469 16 днів тому
I'm sure I just read some Positive comments that Vanished!!
@jokingkiller 16 днів тому
Amazing how he barely blinks
@SmittyWall 16 днів тому
Drugs
@user-sz8km9dy5v 16 днів тому
@@SmittyWall😩🦍
@SmittyWall 16 днів тому
@@user-sz8km9dy5vI'm not a local GP, nor a "Terrorist Hunter" words would be helpful
@user-sz8km9dy5v 15 днів тому
@@SmittyWall 🦷🦷🦷🦷🦷🫵🏿
@SmittyWall 15 днів тому
@@user-sz8km9dy5vnope again, words please
@tom7676 15 днів тому
He's an actor.
@andrewcross6021 16 днів тому
Pinch of salt needed for this one. RAF going outide the airfield fence line? Lightning? Nah hes blahing.
@ShangHighRoller 16 днів тому
It wasn't that long ago that ISIS attacked the Adrianna Grande concert.
@mathewjones5520 14 днів тому
Lyneham is not "just outside Cardiff" what a weapon 🤣🤣🤣
@welshqmu 11 днів тому
St Athan, not Lyneham.
@mathewjones5520 11 днів тому
@@welshqmu pretty sure he said lyneham, I know where both are 👍
@BRADLEY856 3 дні тому
How long was he on UN team Iraq ?
@jamadidthis 15 днів тому
Lad 🏴
@marckenny3131 14 днів тому
Is he searching for Rishi Sunak? Or Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu? Surely they are top of his list
@jed_91 16 днів тому
As a uk person it good to know we got people protecting our land 🎉🎉🎉😊
@Got-2B-Said 6 днів тому
Protecting those at the top interests you mean.
@jacobdrummond3013 16 днів тому
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.
@yasd676 16 днів тому
Saddam was a bad guy, but we know him, he is gone, lots of evil people come now who we don't know and can't predict
@davinxi5926 16 днів тому
invasion under false pretenses. No weapons of mass destruction
@mrbennett3791 10 днів тому
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
@calebkeck7840 4 дні тому
Imagine being spurs in by Gerald butler
@moneill 5 днів тому
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?
@AlianaLiliIharosi 13 днів тому
He looks/sounds like the guy who was used as a face model/voice actor for Ghost in CoD 😂 #therealspook 👻
@garyt4983 14 днів тому
Oil and gold
@Myt153 4 дні тому
Sadam in Germany 🇩🇪 ,, auto come out en meet you deffenetly
@keatonwoods60 14 днів тому
lol a British person calling someone else evil and the devil is hilarious
@Got-2B-Said 6 днів тому
And what country do you reside in ?
@mattcrewe498 16 днів тому
Thank you for your service 🙏🏻
@SeanAEHegarty1984 16 днів тому
Seen this guy on Dodge’s podcast and he says pretty much the same. Good interview. Good guy. But the same info
@iNS4N3xixSN1P3R 16 днів тому
Obsessed
@SeanAEHegarty1984 16 днів тому
@@iNS4N3xixSN1P3R Nah, not obsessed, just bored and he happened to come up twice on UKposts
@user-sz8km9dy5v 16 днів тому
@@SeanAEHegarty1984hit a nerve
@SeanAEHegarty1984 16 днів тому
@@user-sz8km9dy5v no, just being polite and responding to the comment
@AlphaGamer1981 16 днів тому
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 16 днів тому
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 16 днів тому
@@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 15 днів тому
Saddams sons would have been next in line and they would have not been so 'civil' as saddam.
@NTL578 15 днів тому
@@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 15 днів тому
@@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.
@USJTAC 16 днів тому
“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 16 днів тому
He captured two towers before that
@finncentt 16 днів тому
@@husnihassan9971or did he?
@Mikemfm666 16 днів тому
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 16 днів тому
Do you still have the money ?
@user-sz8km9dy5v 16 днів тому
@@kapambwekapambwe4131lying
@DickieH 15 днів тому
Is it just me or he does sound like someone who’s doing an Arnold Schwarzenegger impression?
@limatwotango6964 15 днів тому
I’m hearing lots of different accents from lots of different place’s.
@jezcorrigan651 15 днів тому
“Rules of engagement are strictly adhered to” Israel: No understand
@peanuts2105 15 днів тому
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. 9 днів тому
@@peanuts2105go back to sleep 🤣 🫏
@michaelt2166 12 днів тому
As someone who has lived in 6 countries and worked in 15...there is a major difference between learning a language and learning a language as a local ...so No way in a million years will a local think you are a local....
@Superdelphinus 11 днів тому
He never said he was considered a local? Just that it had to be good enough to convey information and concepts accurately (and the other way around too)
@michaelt2166 11 днів тому
@@Superdelphinus ..and I never said that either. Try reading the comment properly before replying.
@Superdelphinus 10 днів тому
@@michaelt2166 alright, chill out lol.
@matt-lo8ut 15 днів тому
Do some proper colour correction. You're meant to be pro, why have you got it on auto? You can see it flicking between 2 settings. Ended up turning off after 2 mins it was so annoying. :(
@mehmetcam5503 11 днів тому
He must of been so scared when Saddam walked in, just can’t admit it 😂
@donaldbarclay8998 6 днів тому
Interesting accent. At times I hear Scottish?
@Rittzo. 5 днів тому
Welsh 👍
@mattgiles8726 16 днів тому
Bloater
@PKP1 15 днів тому
I did the Pashto language test at chicksands.
@euphoricrecall4218 16 днів тому
This channel knows how long to make a video with 17 mind or similar as if I see a video which is an hour I definitely don't watch it or half hour might not but short 20 min videos I will watch as if I turns out to be uninteresting I'm not investing too much time
@helenshg4580 16 днів тому
I don't like wasting my life on long videos. I prefer shorter content without unnecessary rambling.
@ayva3352 7 днів тому
his name isnt paul hughes....
@habeebkhan7771 16 днів тому
You shouldn’t of been there in the first place…..killed over one million people……our brave soldiers die for nothing
@winstoncoolidge1644 16 днів тому
Well Said
@Manimal5279 7 днів тому
Interesting watching these former military members play mental gymnastics to justify their part in a totally illegal war.
@SmittyWall 16 днів тому
Who smells that?? Yet shows his face, come on really?? What a spy, nobody will ever know who he is
@theophrastusbombastus1359 16 днів тому
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 16 днів тому
@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??
@manapeer8200 16 днів тому
Soooo, you're saying 9/11 not inside job😏
@bordersw1239 16 днів тому
He reminds me so much of a young guy I knew back in about 1986. He got caught cheating by his English girlfriend- he was studying Russian and visited Russia during the 1980’s protests. One BBC news feature showed the protests and there he was , hand in hand with a Russian girl. Stuck out like a sore thumb 6’+, red hair and a big red bushy beard. Would be funny if it was Paul, we knew he was studying Russian but kind of presumed he was at university.
@hitemup4times377 13 днів тому
Sadam was a bad guy??
@bobbyainscough6417 15 днів тому
Alright walter
@jayc2469 16 днів тому
Oh sorry, its Censored
@joeharna 7 днів тому
This man was a spy for the worlds biggest colonial project, yet has the audacity to label a lesser evil as a devil.
@rmorton8281 15 днів тому
This guy seems like an actor
@2010oblivion1 16 днів тому
Not much of a spy if we know who he is.
@vernonbear 16 днів тому
They do retire you know?
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