It was one of the largest manhunts in history. Having been ousted from power following the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, the country’s once all-powerful and ruthless leader, went into ...

Saddam Hussein was perhaps too wily–or paranoid or superstitious–to name a successor to his throne. But in recent years it had become clear that the heir apparent was his second son, Qusay, 37. In the ...

In the pantheon of bloodthirsty dictators, Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein has almost been relegated to the dustbin of history. He’s remembered as part of the now-quaint-seeming “axis of evil,” for ...

TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) -- Saddam Hussein was captured based on information from a member of a family "close to him," Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno said Sunday. Odierno, the commander of the 4th Infantry ...

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Dec. 30, 2006 — -- The White House said President Bush slept right through Saddam Hussein's execution and did not learn for sure that he had been hanged until he woke up early this morning. But ...

A gold-plated AK-47 believed to have been owned by former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is to go on public display for the first time. Hussein and his sons gave the gleaming rifle to "people they ...

Screening at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia, the documentary tells the story of how Iraqi farmer Alaa Namiq hid Saddam Hussein from U.S. troops for 235 days. By Alex Ritman U.K.