With the fall of Saddam Hussein and the Ba'ath regime, Iraq has taken steps toward re-engagement on the international stage. Iraq currently has diplomatic representation in 54 countries around the world, including 3 permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York, the United Nations Commissi...
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Iraq's National Security adviser has toldRatherthatdeposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will be handed over by the U.S. to the new Iraqi government very soon, probably within a few days. After Rather's interview, Iraq's new prime minister issued a statement saying Saddam will be handed ove...
they could finally revert to a larger more common identity. Or maybe, after two decades, the flag, patriotism and watan [homeland] had lost their connection to the Leader Necessity [sarcastic reference to Saddam Hussein], and people could own all these again.” ...
Later the Iraqi forces under Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and some parts of Saudi Arabia Gulf War, this was condemned by countries all over the World, and all the major powers including theUSA,England,France, etc, intervened and Iraq faced a humiliating defeat. ...
As U.S. troops were rolling into Baghdad, Saddam Hussein‘s Disinformation Officer, known as Baghdad Bob, was telling the media that U.S. soldiers were committing suicide outside the city to avoid dealing with the Iraqi Army, and as U.S. tanks were a few meters away, Baghdad Bob (Muha...
Anbar province, a vast desert area on the borders with Syria and Jordan with an almost entirely Sunni population was the heartland of the Sunni insurgency that rose up against American troops and the Iraqi government after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. The insurgency...
there is nothing about the conflict that makes Islam look benign- not the reflexive solidarity expressed throughout the Muslim world for Saddam Hussein (merely because an army of "infidels" attacked him), not the endless supply of suicide bombers willing to kill Iraqi noncombatants, not the in...
"But how unbelievable, if you really think about it, that we came in here. We overthrew Saddam Hussein. And Iran, you don't even know if they're going to end up being more influential than we are. That's a wow," Stahl said. ...
- 'Open to all' - Communists dominated Iraqi politics in the 1950s, but were crushed and marginalized under dictator Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. Today, the party has just one member of parliament. Shiite religious parties have come to play a greater role in the years since the U.S.-le...