More coverage: Saddam Hussein execution
Iraqi suicide bomber targets home of Iraqi police commissioner who was in US detention
BAGHDAD (AP) _ A suicide bomber blew herself up Monday among police officers who were celebrating the release of a comrade from U.S. custody, killing at least 22 people, Iraqi officials said. Separate bombings in Iraq killed 13 other people.
Timing of execution could fuel divisions
The timing and drama surrounding Saddam Hussein's execution makes it likely that he will become a martyr for Sunni nationalists fighting U.S. forces and the new Iraqi government.
Analysis: Dictator's history of miscalculation
Saddam Hussein confounded the world with a weapons program he did not have, an army that did not fight and a well-planned resistance that may yet help defeat the world's greatest power.
The portrait of a dictator
For two decades, the most common feature of Iraq's barren landscape were heroic portraits of Saddam Hussein. He appeared as a Bedouin riding a white horse, a revolutionary in a black beret or a devout Muslim with his head bowed in prayer.
Mixed emotions on LI to Saddam's execution
For Dorine Kenney of Bay Shore, the public hanging of Saddam Hussein Friday night brought no comfort.
Statement by the President
Today, Saddam Hussein was executed after receiving a fair trial -- the kind of justice he denied the victims of his brutal regime.
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