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 sons of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein were killed by U.S. troops in the n...
Iraqi guerrillas killed a US soldier in an overnight grenade attack south of Baghdad yesterday as the killing of Saddam Hussein's sons showed no sign of staunching a hot summer of postwar bloodshed in Iraq.The Birmingham Post (England)
Saddam Hussein Criminal Birthday April 28, 1937 Birth Sign Taurus Birthplace Al-Awja, Iraq DEATH DATE Dec 30, 2006 (age 69) About Dictator and President of Iraq who came to power in 1979. He was executed in 2006 for his role in the 1982 murders of nearly 150 Iraqi Shi'ite ...
Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging 00:32 Post war situation 01:05 Hunt for Saddam after sons deaths 14:11 Gulf crisis: Trevor Mcdonald talks to Saddam Hussein: Special: 00:17 Demonstrators chant in support of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as he walks down a street in Baghdad with...
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, half brother of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, reacts after being sentenced to death at his trial in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone in this November 5, 2006 file photo. He and former intelligence chief, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar head of Iraq's Revo...
Many speculated that the once-invincible ruler would ultimately face the death penalty. A troubled beginning The ex-president of Iraq had a troubled childhood. Saddam Hussein was born on April 28, 1937, in the village of Al-Awja, near Tikrit, a town just north of the city of Baghdad, ...
His family played crucial roles with his sons, Uday and Qusay, being notable figures within his security apparatus until their death in July 2003.Saddam Hussein's LegacyThe long rule of Saddam Hussein was characterized by paradoxes: economic growth and social programs overshadowed by the heavy ...
His family played crucial roles with his sons, Uday and Qusay, being notable figures within his security apparatus until their death in July 2003.Saddam Hussein's LegacyThe long rule of Saddam Hussein was characterized by paradoxes: economic growth and social programs overshadowed by the heavy ...
"I'm Saddam Hussein, president of Iraq. I am above all." -- May 22. "I ask you being an Iraqi person that if you reach a verdict of death, execution, remember that I am a military man and should be killed by firing squad." -- July 26. ...
Within days of taking power, Saddam Hussein summoned about 400 top officials and announced he had uncovered a plot against the ruling party. The conspirators, he said, were in that very room. As the 42-year-old Saddam coolly puffed on a cigar, names of the supposed plotters were read out...