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Yes, Saddam’s Fedayeen, Arabic for “Men of Sacrifice,” wore enormous Darth Vader helmets. Their commander, Hussein’s son Uday ...
Saddam hoped that by saving the aircraft in the sand, he could prevent their destruction, and when he was ready (because he assumed he would still be in power after all was said and done), he could ...
During the three-week war in Iraq, collectors have swamped the Internet trading site with more than 1,000 items, including Iraqi money, T-shirts and videos that capitalize on Saddam's notoriety. One ...
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… ...
Ten years have now passed since Saddam Hussein ordered Iraqi military forces to invade and occupy Kuwait. Even after a U.S.-led coalition soundly defeated the Iraqi army and liberated Kuwait after ...
As the trial of Saddam Hussein nears its closing arguments, Melissa Block talks with New York University law professor Noah Feldman about whether the trial has met international legal standards.
Now that the handover of sovereignty in Iraq has happened, Saddam Hussein will face justice. Organized under the Coalition Provisional Authority, the Iraqi Special Tribunal for Crimes Against ...
Nixon was a CIA analyst and is the author of Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein In 2003, I was part of the effort to find Saddam Hussein. I then became the first to ...
Saddam Hussein swung from the gallows early today as the despot who dominated Iraq for nearly a quarter-century paid the ultimate price for his blood-soaked crimes. Saddam, 69, was hanged at an ...
The prime minister of Iraq has kept his country on the sidelines as military conflicts raged nearby for almost two years.