Saddam Hussein

...the embargo," he said, referring to UN sanctions on trade with Iraq introduced after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990. "A series showing Saddam Hussein which was worth 200 dinars sells today for 5,000 dinars (GBP2.60). My monthly...

In this article: Iraq, Baghdad, Al-Qaeda, and UN

...their education, it makes a difference." Sanchez was the man in charge in Dec. 2003, when soldiers found former dictator Saddam Hussein hiding in a one-man shelter. Military crews followed procedures rehearsed weeks before to ensure...

In this article: Ricardo S. Sanchez, Cal State Fullerton, U.S. Army, Abu Gharib, Veterans Day, Iraq War, and San Antonio

By Emily Badger, Miller-McCune.com. Posted November 4, 2009. Researchers looking at beliefs about al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein have made some surprising discoveries about why peopl President Obama has had a hard time dislodging...

In this article: Al-Qaeda, Climate change, George W. Bush, Respondent, Iraq War, and AlterNet

...elections," al-Haidari told The Associated Press. Kirkuk has been a source of controversy for decades. Under former dictator Saddam Hussein, tens of thousands of Kurds were forcibly displaced under a plan to make Kirkuk predominantly Arab.

In this article: Kirkuk, Iraq, Ali Larijani, Baghdad, Iran, and Council of Representatives

...central government vehemently opposes anything that would remove Kirkuk from its control. During the rule of former dictator Saddam Hussein, tens of thousands of Kurds were displaced under a forced plan to make Kirkuk predominantly Arab.

In this article: Kirkuk, Iraq, Iran, and U.S.

...asked Muslims not to allow terrorists to hijack their religion. "The world is much better off without Saddam Hussein. There is no question about that. Hussein was a threat to the US," Bush said here at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.

In this article: George W. Bush, US, Iraq, Al Qaeda, and New Delhi

...papers, but the exact nature of the apparent illness is unknown. The government papers released Friday also reveal that after Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces in Iraq, FBI officials debated whether he should be read his Miranda...

In this article: CIA, FBI, Barack Obama, United States, Dog, Eric Holder, and Freedom of Information Act

...at the capital's airport, before raiding his jail at Camp Cropper near the airport, according to Khalil al-Dulaimi who wrote Saddam Hussein Out of US Prison: What Happened. "He planned to flee to Anbar province in western Iraq to make a...

In this article: Khalil al-Dulaimi, US, Baghdad, Iraqi resistance, Reuters, US Marines, Iraq, and Tikrit

Deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein planned to escape from his US-run prison in 2006 with the help of loyalists, including former bodyguards, according to a book written by one of his lawyers. "Saddam's plan to escape prison was...

In this article: Khalil al-Dulaimi, Baghdad, Iraqi resistance, US Marines, US, Tikrit, Amman, Khartoum, and Iraq

The leader of Saddam Hussein's tribe has been arrested in Iraq and accused of funding insurgents in the north of the country, the U.S. military said Wednesday. Iraqi troops backed by U.S. advisers over the weekend detained Diyah Adib...

In this article: U.S., Tikrit, Al Qaeda, Iraq, and Nineveh