In 2003, a small coalition of countries led by the United States invaded Iraq, at the time ruled by the autocratic Saddam ...

Some of those celebrating beheaded the statue and embraced the American troops as liberators. US Marines walk pass a dismounted statue of Saddam Hussein on Baghdad's al-Fardous square, April 10, 2003.

The coup failed and Saddam Hussein fled to Cairo. When he returned, some years later, he did so to rule. By 1979, he was Iraq's president, prime minister and commander in chief.

BAGHDAD — The American University of Baghdad celebrated the graduation of its first cohort of students Saturday at a campus that was once a palace built by Saddam Hussein.

Sky Doc on Flight 149 British Airways Passengers, Crew Held Hostage by Saddam Hussein Gets Trailer "New information has come to light to challenge the official narrative, and the surviving ...