The sons of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein were killed by U.S. troops in the northern city of Mosul after a tipster betrayed their hideout, the commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq said Tuesday. The bodies of Uday and Qusay Hussein were identified from "multiple sources," Army Lt...
Interviews Iraqi National Congress member Sharif Ali Bin Al Hussein on the planned U.S. against Iraq. Views on the weakness of the Iraqi army and their lack of allegiance to Saddam Hussein; Comments on the possibility of a coup before the impending war; Role as a constitutional monarch in ...
The last time Donald Rumsfeld saw Saddam Hussein, he gave him a cordial handshake. The date was almost 20 years ago, Dec. 20, 1983; an official Iraqi television crew recorded the historic moment. 唐纳德·拉姆斯菲尔德最后一次见到萨达姆·侯赛因时,他给了他一个亲切的握手。日期是近20年前,1983年12...
Later, Saddam Hussein, looking to build fighting power against Iran soon after the outbreak of the Iran–Iraq War doubled the size of the Iraqi Army. In 1981, Pollack writes it numbered 200,000 soldiers in 12 divisions and 3 independent brigades, but by 1985, it reached500,000 men in 2...
That, coupled with the disbanding of the Iraqi army, threw tens of thousands of people out of work at a critical time in Iraq's history and fueled the burgeoning Sunni insurgency. The Bush administration initially promoted de-Baathification but later claimed that Iraqi authorities went beyond eve...
Saddam also served as the outward face of the Iraqi government, representing the nation on both the domestic and international fronts. On July 22, 1979, when an ailing Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr decided to step down as president, it came as no surprise that Saddam Hussein stepped into his shoes....
science. Furthermore, Hussein Kamel hardly spoke anything but Arabic. But at least he had an iron fist in directing this enormous construction site of military industrialization, while the war against Iran cost enormous resources: the monthly Iraqi military expenditure reached one billion dollar in ...
Saddam Hussein's Rise to PowerOn 14 July 1958 the army of Iraq sized control of Baghdad and overthrew Iraq's monarchy. King Faisal II, second cousin of Jordan's King Hussein, was killed. Thirty-seven years of Hashemite family rule had ended. Iraq became a republic, with many looking ...
Where is Saddam Hussein buried?Saddam Hussein:Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging on December 30, 2006 at the joint U.S.-Iraqi Army base, 'Camp Justice,' near Baghdad, Iraq. He had been tried and found guilty of numerous crimes, including 'crimes against humanity.'...
Even though he has been caught, the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein(萨达姆·侯赛因)is still causing trouble. His arrest has thrown up as many questions as it has answers. Top of the list is what should happen to Saddam now, closely followed by calls for information from him about Iraq...