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Saddam Hussein was an inept dictator during his final years in charge, thought 9/11 would bring Iraq and America closer together and took partial blame for his eventual fall from power after the 20… ...
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 ...
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.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 30 -- Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was hanged in the predawn hours of Saturday for crimes against humanity in the mass murder of Shiite men and boys in the 1980s, sent to ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
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 ...
In die stad in Iraaks Koerdistan kwamen op 16 maart 1988 zo'n 5000 mensen om het leven bij een gifgasaanval van de Iraakse dictator Saddam Hussein. De meeste doden waren vrouwen en kinderen. Menu ...
Saddam Hussein's courts have been operating for 35 years handing down horrendous punishments for minor crimes, imposing the death penalty for minor almost for misdemeanors and I have not heard ...
Saddam rose to power in 1968 as the enforcer behind a bloody coup and took full control of the government in 1979. Saddam often has been the target of international criticism, which he rarely heeds.
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq, Steve Coll, Penguin Press, 576 pages Saddam Hussein was the first person I saw die on television. It ...