I really wanted to mention on this one, the greatest victory and achievement of Muhammad Ali;

On August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein's Iraq invaded neighboring Kuwait!

During that time, Hussein prevented most of the foreigners to leave Iraq and also brought foreigners captured in Kuwait to Iraq.

The hostages were mostly citizens of Western countries critical of the Iraqi invasion and many worked at the Baghdad General Motors plant.

The UN gave Hussein a deadline ( January 16th) to pull out of Kuwait and the 15 Americans ( working for General Motors), were moved to strategic locations inside Iraq!

According to Hussein’s strategy, they were about to be used as human shields in the event of retaliatory strikes from the multinational force that was growing larger by the day.

In October, Hussein released the foreign women and children held in Iraq, but still the US State Department, feared that during their engagement with Iraqi forces, they would be killed.

And that is exactly the event I am willing to talk about;

Mohamed Ali ( born Cassius Clay), the “Greatest of all Champions”, was highly regarded in the Islamic world, for his conversion and his personality and skills by all the known World, so he ( Ali ) came to Baghdad, to negotiate for the life of the hostages with the Iraqi Goverment (meaning Sadam)!

Many were critical of Ali's trip for different politically and strategically important reasons, but he confirmed them l, he was only interested on saving the hostages life…

By 1990, Ali had been fighting Parkinson's Disease for six years, suffering from tremors and a slurred speech and he had to use hand signs to communicate, so the Media lynched him!

Still, during his visits in Iraq, managed to visit schools, talk to people on the streets, and pray in Baghdad's mosques. Crowds flocked to him wherever he went and he never turned anyone away. It would be part of his promise to Saddam to trade hostages for an "honest account."

He ran out of his Parkinson's medication but stayed in the country until he could meet with the Iraqi dictator.

He was bedridden for days at a time. His trip was far from a publicity stunt as "The Greatest" was suffering but refusing to leave until he could attempt to get the hostages released.

Fortunately an English hospital in Baghdad replenished Ali's medication just before Saddam Hussein agreed to meet with him.

Finally, after risking, his reputation, health and safety for the freedom of prisoners held by Hussein’s regime, after six weeks of a real champion effort, Ali brought 15 hostages back home to their relieved families!

P.S: Rest In Peace Champ!!!

Ali my champ!