Perhaps it was inevitable that Saddam Hussein’s end would be accompanied by low theatrics instead of high drama. After all, he had ruled for nearly three decades by a crude medieval code that ...

Saddam Got Off Lightly This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct ...

Every historical comparison is a stretch — history doesn’t quite repeat itself. And yet, to a reader of the chapters of Saddam Hussein biographies that deal with the Iraq-Iran war, the ...

Saddam Hussein’s final secrets revealed: Tapes from CIA vault show Iraqi strongman wanted to be a novelist By . Dana Kennedy. Published March 2, 2024, 10:00 a.m. ET.

Capsized in a river in southern Iraq, the rusting wreck of a yacht that belonged to Saddam Hussein serves as a stark reminder of his iron-fisted rule that ended with the US-led invasion two ...

David Seidler and 'Hiding Saddam Hussein' director Halkawt Mustafa have written a script based on the relationship between Hussein and Alaa Namiq, the Iraqi farmer who hid the dictator in a hole ...

‘Hiding Saddam Hussein’ Director Halkawt Mustafa on Keeping His Project Secret for 14 Years. Screening at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia, the documentary tells the story of how ...

A retired US Army soldier has revealed fascinating details of the historic former president of Iraq's capture. Chris VanSant, now a Defense Industry Consultant, spoke to ex-SAS Sergeant Major Mark ...

Saddam Hussein. On the C-SPAN Networks: Saddam Hussein is a President for Iraq with 16 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1990 Broadcast.

Putin and Saddam Hussein Have a Lot in Common. The parallels between the course of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Iraq-Iran War are hard to ignore. March 8, 2023 at 12:00 AM EST.