Saddam Hussein

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• Wave of bombings kills at least 33 in Iraq

  bloodshed that pushed the country to the brink of civil war in 2006-2007.Majority Shiites control the levers of power in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. Wishing to rebuild the nation rather than revert to open warfare, they have largely restrained their militias   Read more »

• Bromund: Barack Obama's Syrian 'red line' comes back to trip him

  It was invented by Germany before World War II . Even Hitler decided it was better left unused, though his admirer Saddam Hussein did use it against the Kurdish people in 1988.Assad is a murderer many times over, though his sarin has likely claimed only a   Read more »

• Australia's Iraq war leader criticizes campaign

  U.S. and British forces in the Iraq invasion a decade ago, has criticized U.S. handling of the bloody aftermath of dictator Saddam Hussein 's overthrow.In a speech in Sydney to mark the 10th anniversary of the fall of Baghdad on April 14, Howard said Tuesday   Read more »

• Saddam-linked legal adviser jailed for fraud

  -- A flamboyant but unqualified lawyer whose clients included deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in jail for fraud.Giovanni Di Stefano was nicknamed "The Devil's Advocate" for speaking on behalf of figures including Saddam,   Read more »

• Rubin: Casualties of war in Iraq

  who lost the war that followed. But it may be years before we know if anyone won.Topping the loser's columns, of course, is Saddam Hussein , with the world better for it. Yet, despite his demise, America is also the loser. The goals the Bush administration   Read more »

Around the web

• Ruthless Iran: Can a Deal Be Made?

  a reflexive urge to punish the Islamic Republic; an inability to understand an Iranian psychology shaped by US support for Saddam Hussein in the Iran–Iraq War and Western intrusion going back to the CIA-instigated coup of 1953; and repeated insistence that 5/20/13 from The New York Book Review  Read more »

• U.S. mess in Iraq

  while studiously ignoring what the people of Iraq, and most experts, felt about the task to recover from the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. The U.S. was obsessed with the form of democracy – i.e. the holding of elections and the passing of laws – while being 5/20/13 from Lebanon Daily Star Read more »

• Attacks kill 95 in Iraq, hint of Syrian spillover

  Iraq for years: Sunni insurgents, including al-Qaida's branch in Iraq, and Shiite militias defending their newfound power after Saddam Hussein's fall. But the widening shadow and regional brinksmanship from Syria's conflict now increasingly threaten to feed 5/20/13 from Mail.com Read more »

• Even Ed Schultz Skeptical of Dem Rep. McDermott's Spin on IRS Scandal

  seems like old times. Way back when, it was Congressman Jim McDermott's apologia for Saddam Hussein that earned McDermott the enduring nickname "Baghdad Jim." (Audio after page break) Once again the Washington state House Democrat is doing his darndest at 5/20/13 from Newsbusters Read more »

• Assad: Upcoming Election Will Fortify Iran’s Status

  army, gaining strength from the experiences of the eight years of the 1980-88 sacred defense with the toppled Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein regime, is ready to check any kind of hostile moves against the country. The imposed war began on Sept. 22, 1980 following 5/20/13 from Iran Daily Read more »