The once and future Defense secretary, at the time a private citizen, had been sent by President Ronald Reagan to Baghdad as a special envoy. Saddam Hussein, armed with a pistol on his hip, seemed "vigorous and confident," according to a now declassified State Department cable obtained by N...
Saddam Hussein Death Sentence a Milestone ; Shiites and Kurds Praised the Verdict Handed Down by the Iraqi High Tribunal Sunday
Beginning in the 1970s, Saddam Hussein ruled the Republic of Iraq with a tight grip. His supporters maintained that through his many social and economic programs he effectively brought the country into the modern age. His many critics, however, claimed that Saddam was a ruthless dictator who ...
In 2002,President Bushidentified Iraq as part of an “axis of evil” and began calling for “regime change” to oust Saddam Hussein. Bush cited the existence of weapons of mass destruction, the thwarting of UN weapons inspections, and Saddam Hussein's despotism and human rights abuses as the...
Court-appointed lawyers Thursday submitted final summations for the last two defendants in Saddam Hussein's trial, and the chief judge adjourned the proceeding until mid-October when the ex-president and two top lieutenants could be sentenced to death. ...
April 28, 1937 - Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti is born in a village near Tikrit, north of Baghdad. 1957 - Joins underground Baath Socialist Party. 1958 - Arrested for killing his brother-in-law, a Communist. Spends six months in prison. (The Baath and the Communist Party were...
Taking refuge; On this Thanksgiving, Kurds fleeing the forces of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein are the latest displaced foreigners finding new homes in Fargo, which has welcomed thousands of strangers from scores of countries into its midst since World War II.(NEWS)...
Saddam Hussein to face charges of genocide 00:18 IRAQ CRISIS: Kurds start to flee Northern Iraq 00:35 Saddam Hussein message of defiance 01:50 GULF WAR: DAY 12: CHANNEL 4 NEWS 00:17 Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging 00:32 ...
A year later, Saddam Hussein went to war against neighboring Iran. He used chemical weapons against his own people, the Kurds in the north, as well as on the Iranians. Hundreds of thousands of people died in a devastating eight-year war that cost each country deeply. By the end of the...
The Kurdish Question… Post Saddam Hussein!!TweetHistoric Ethnicities of Kurdistan The contiguous Kurdish regions of Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria sit in the north central area of the Middle East. Over the millennia, numerous ethnicities have migrated, settled or natively inhabited the area ...