Saddam Hussein
An Iraqi Kurdish boy stands with red roses in his hand next to coffins containing the remains of 730 people killed in the 1988 Anfal massacre, during a ceremony in Sulaimaniyah before their reburial in northern Iraq, on May 28, 2012. The coffins contain the remains of victims of the brutal 'Anfal' (Spoils of War) campaign carried out by Saddam Hussein's forces 24 years ago, in which an estimated 182,000 people have died.
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These are the only real memoirs Saddam Hussein wrote by hand and they will be released as soon as we find a publishing house.
He was betrayed by the closest and most trusted.... They betrayed not just Saddam, but Iraq. History will condemn them.
Saddam Hussein from the American Cell: What Really HappenedMore quotes »
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Robert Pattinson to play Eric Maddox in 'Mission: Blacklist'
star of the soon-to-end "Twilight" franchise is set to play Eric Maddox, the U.S. solider who helped capture Saddam Hussein, in the upcoming thriller, "Mission: Blacklist," according to The Hollywood Reporter.The film is based on Maddox's lengthily titled Read more »
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Iraq: Video appears to show top Saddam deputy
-- A video posted online Saturday purports to show Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri , the highest ranking member of Saddam Hussein's ousted regime still at large, lashing out against Iraq's Shiite-led government.It was not possible to verify the authenticity of the Read more »
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Army IDs remains of last missing soldier in Iraq
Iraqi exiles, Ahmed al-Taie was eager to help his native land rebuild after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and ouster of Saddam Hussein .He met his wife during a trip to Iraq shortly after Saddam fell, while he was still a civilian, and in December 2004 he joined Read more »
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Gambling on war: The dark side of prediction markets
addition to contemporary events, there's a historical precedent here that could inform the odds. In 1981, when Saddam Hussein was building a nuclear facility that Israel thought could help Iraq create nuclear weapons, Israel bombed the reactor. It is still 10:58 AM from Yahoo! News Blogs Read more »
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Double-decker bus makes Baghdad comeback
the latest sign that Iraq's capital is on the road to recovery after years of war and sanctions. Once a common sight during Saddam Hussein's rule before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, Iraq's old red double-deckers all but disappeared from use when looting, sectarian 12:45 AM from Canoe Read more »
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Robert Pattinson Has Fun With Fans At ‘Cosmopolis’ Premiere In Berlin [PHOTOS]
to be first.” That would be Mission: Blacklist (2013), based on the true story of the interrogator credited with locating Saddam Hussein after the fall of his regime. After that, Pattinson will head to Australia with Guy Pearce to shoot The Rover , a thriller 5/31/12 from Celebuzz Read more »
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BBC's dirty move to destabilize Iran
regime in neighboring Iraq at the time, and they had already carried out a series of attacks in the province even before Saddam unleashed his military on Iran and imposed an 8-year war on the country. Soon after the war broke out on September 1980, the Iraqi 5/31/12 from Press TV Read more »
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Abdul Karim Qasim was first to nationalize Iraqi oil
against Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. His main rival, the Iraqi Natio... Uday Hussein, who was the heir apparent to Saddam Hussein until he became deranged, was one sick piece of khera. Thanks Datta for sending m... 'One of Saddam Hussein's most loathed from Iraqi Mojo Read more »
