Middle East

...Iraq "was a terrible mistake". He added: "I had no time for Saddam Hussein, but in terms of the stability of the Middle East, Saddam Hussein had been an important ally in Western interests in stability. "If you overturned him, which is...

In this article: Lord Heseltine, David Cameron, Saddam Hussein, Labour, House of Commons, and Afghanistan

...emirs to a Western democracy that would be friendly to Israel. Instead of the invasion of Iraq transforming the Middle East, the realities of the Middle East transformed Iraq. Democracy has not brought divergent Iraqi interests together, nor...

In this article: Democracy, Winston Churchill, Iraq, Connivance, Communism, Kleptocracy, Dog, and Africa

...and from extremist Islamic movements. For all its travails, the Iraq War ousted Saddam Hussein, whose invasions and terrorist promotion kept the Middle East in a state of high insecurity. The U.S.-led invasion of the Persian Gulf...

In this article: United States, Arnold Toynbee, Washington, Western Europe, Moscow, Soviet Union, Iraq, and China

...dad likes to drop her off - and he looks like Saddam Hussein. Zayid, co-founder of the New York Arab-American comedy festival, is a rising star in both the US and Middle East. "Comedy is pain plus time," says the 33-year-old from New...

In this article: Maysoon Zayid, West Bank, Adam Sandler, Bethlehem, Cerebral palsy, Saddam Hussein, and Rosie O'Donnell

...less fortunate others. And for all the tragedy in Afghanistan and Iraq, America removed the Middle East's two worst regimes - the Taliban's and Saddam Hussein's - and is trying to foster civil societies in their places that will benefit both...

In this article: Barack Obama, Chicago, Hugo Chavez, Vladimir Putin, George W. Bush, International Olympic Committee, United States, Copenhagen, and Iran

The field, which has been starved of investment for decades, produces only 17,000 bpd. However, Samuel Ciszuk, Middle East oil analyst at IHS Global Insight, said that some companies were reluctant to invest because of its proximity to...

In this article: BP, Baghdad, CNPC, Iraq, Sadr City, Tony Hayward, and Moqtada al-Sadr

...is largely Shiite. "Hussein viewed the other countries in the Middle East as weak and could not defend themselves or Iraq from an attack from Iran," Piro recounted in his summary of a June 11, 2004, conversation. "The threat from Iran...

In this article: Saddam Hussein, Iran, Iraq, FBI, United Nations, Al-Qaeda, and United States

...matters; their gross abuses of human rights were ignored. President Obama's aides deny that he has adopted this strategy, which produced the Middle East of Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda. But that's how it looks in Cairo: Leaders of Egypt's...

In this article: Hosni Mubarak, Egypt, United States, Hamas, White House, Hezbollah, and Saddam Hussein

...actor Franco Nero. Festival director Peter Scarlet announced earlier that this year's edition seeks to focus on the Middle East, where half of the works participating are made by Middle Eastern directors. One of the movies to be...

In this article: Abu Dhabi, Demi Moore, Vanessa Redgrave, Hillary Swank, The Traveller, Khaleej Times, Venice Film Festival, and Bahman Ghobadi