Saddam Hussein initially didn't think the U.S. would invade Iraq to destroy weapons of mass destruction, so he kept the fact that he had none a secret to prevent an Iranian invasion he believed could happen. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago tags iraq iran weapons mass destruction faked |
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Iraq's prime minister says Saddam Hussein's execution would help undermine the insurgency as the ex-president's genocide trial heard more testimony yesterday of poison gas attacks on Kurdish villages two decades ago. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share politics |
A US forensics expert took the stand in Saddam Hussein's trial for genocide against ethnic Kurds to tell in grim detail how he unearthed the remains of 27 people from a mass grave in northern Iraq. picked by teaya21 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share world |
A reenactment of Saddam Hussein's hanging is luring the crowds at a new horror show in India's entertainment capital Mumbai. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Apparently he was found to be biased in favor of Saddam. Not that we can blame him. Saddam is simply dashing in a moustache. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Saddam Hussein's half brother and the former head of 1 comments edit related share worldIraq's Revolutionary Court were both hanged before dawn... picked by civicracer18c1 2 years ago |
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Saddam Hussein has called for an end to mounting Muslim sectarian violence in Iraq. picked by Milkshake 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran released Thursday what it says is a second letter from captured British sailor Faye Turney in which she criticizes British policy in Iraq. picked by Wags273 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, was executed by hanging shortly before dawn on Saturday in Iraq, Arab media outlets reported picked by Hoosker 2 years ago 20 comments edit related share politics |
So he should be hanged within circa 30 days... picked by murphyz 2 years ago 13 comments edit related share world |
Despite the fact that the U.S. forces took certain measures to prevent the supply of armor-piercing weapons, by cutting down the weapon-supply networks, the lethal weapons made in Iran were the main reason of a record number of attacks in Iraq last month, United States officials stated. The weapons are known as explosively formed projectiles. picked by maxriter 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share politics |
The court trying Saddam Hussein has heard further graphic accounts of how hundreds of Kurdish women and children were killed and buried in mass graves. Of the 301 bodies found, 183 belonged to children with 90% of these children under 13 years of age. picked by teaya21 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Three members of the former Iraqi regime under Saddam Hussein -- including the man known as "Chemical Ali" -- will be executed within 30 days picked by buddha 11 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
If upheld, he'll be hanged within 30 days of the decision in Abu Ghraib. But that won't be until January at the earliest. picked by capriccio 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
"And I am proud of the decision of this administration to overthrow Saddam Hussein,'' said Rice, who was Bush's national security adviser at the time of the March 2003 invasion. As of yesterday, 4,107 U.S. soldiers died in Iraq and more than 30,000 were wounded. She said the Iraq war has been "tougher than any of us really dreamed.'' picked by deEPCHIll 3 weeks ago 3 comments edit related share politics |
Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," and two other regime officials were sentenced Sunday to hang for killing 180,000 men, women and children with chemical weapons two decades ago. picked by Moe 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
A US soldier who guarded Saddam Hussein and his cronies has an almost complete set of signed "Iraq’s most wanted" playing cards... including the Ace of Spades, Saddam himself. picked by Mitzuzake 3 months ago 11 comments edit related share plime.com |
WASHINGTON — There was no direct operational connection between Saddam Hussein’s government and Al Qaeda before the war in Iraq, says a Pentagon-sponsored study released Wednesday. picked by TraumaMamma 4 months ago 10 comments edit related share plime.com |
retired CIA station chief and head of the Agency's counterterrorism staff examines the Bush administration's Iraq policy and finds that it cannot be successful. He calls for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, a “complete change” in U.S. goals and tactics in the Middle East, and rebuilding bridges to allies. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago 0 comments edit related share politics |
In one of the deadliest attacks on American ground forces since the Iraq war started more than four years ago, a suicide car bomber struck a patrol base northeast of Baghdad and killed nine U.S. soldiers and wounded 20. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium, aka "yellowcake" — the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment reached a Canadian port Saturday. picked by 2manyusernames 3 weeks ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |