| 单词 | Saddam Hussein |
| 例句 | In January 1991, the United States entered the first Gulf War and was going after Saddam Hussein. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Just as in Iraq after Saddam Hussein’s downfall, or as in Russia in the first days after the revolution, the evaporation of an established order left a power vacuum. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z "You remember Saddam Hussein, the old Iraqi dictator?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z In Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the United States had routed the forces of Saddam Hussein in Kuwait. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The soldiers are in Iraq to kill Saddam Hussein, who’s evil. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “So are you, like, related to Saddam Hussein?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z At first his assignment is straightforward, if also potentially hazardous: to help secure and take control of sites where Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction are believed to be hidden. Movie Review | 'Green Zone': Matt Damon Searches for That Casualty of War, Truth 2010-03-11T23:32:00Z Our servicemen and women were involved in every phase of the war, from the initial invasion in 2003, to the capture of Saddam Hussein, to the much-heralded surge, to Operation New Dawn. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Accused by the Bush administration of being in league with Saddam Hussein, Mr. Zarqawi would use the Americans’ toppling of the dictator to empower himself. Review: ‘Black Flags,’ Tracing the Birth of ISIS 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Following her infamous comment about being ashamed the president was from Texas, Keith started using a Photoshopped picture of her next to Saddam Hussein in his concerts. Toby Keith was a loud political voice in the Bush years. What about the Trump era? 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z “We take stealing very seriously,” Saddam Hussein said offhandedly. Style Invitational Week 1077: Time marches Swiftly; plus a run of bank headlines Al Qaeda in Iraq improved production techniques in its videos of suicide bombings and executions after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion against Saddam Hussein. ISIS and its increasingly sophisticated cinema of terror 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z He supported the invasion of Iraq, in large part, because of his sense of the wickedness of Saddam Hussein’s regime. Books of The Times: ?Hitch-22: A Memoir? by Christopher Hitchens 2010-06-01T22:25:00Z They have depicted the Queen blowing her brains out after a failed attempt by the British army to reinvade America, Saddam Hussein as Satan's gay lover, and Jesus as a trigger-happy superhero. South Park censored after threat of fatwa over Muhammad episode 2010-04-22T20:16:00Z Among the hundreds of subjects documented by Ms. Simon were feuding families in Brazil, victims of genocide in Bosnia, the body double of Saddam Hussein’s son and the so-called living dead in India. ArtsBeat: 'Seven on Seven' Collaborators Discuss the Meeting of the Digital and Art Worlds 2012-04-13T18:51:08Z If one of Saddam Hussein’s two sons, Uday and Qusay, had turned against dictatorship and emigrated to the United States, the history of Iraq might have taken a different turn. Adam Rayner Stars in ‘Tyrant,’ a Thriller on FX 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Her mother and father were born in Iraq and watched with horror from abroad as their country was overtaken by the fundamentalist regime that eventually led to Saddam Hussein. Two Views of Flint’s Water Troubles: One a Close-Up and One With a Wide-Angle Lens 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Her father was a wealthy businessman, a key figure in a progressive wing of Iraqi politics and a minister of finance before the regime of Saddam Hussein. Zaha Hadid, Pritzker-winning architect of defiance and drama, dies at 65 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z “We have a white flag from Saddam Hussein,” Gorbachev claimed on the eve of hostilities, but Bush was having none of it. Yearning for an Earlier Era of American Diplomacy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The title derives from a frequently parodied Rumsfeld response to a reporter's question about whether there actually was evidence of any link between Saddam Hussein and terrorists seeking weapons of mass destruction. Books: Donald Rumsfeld on being the smartest guy in the room 2011-02-08T08:01:00Z It's a gruelling, unsentimental film in a neo-realist vein, with finance from eight different countries, that follows a journey the length of Iraq made in 2003 a few weeks after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Son of Babylon ? review 2011-02-13T00:05:28Z The country’s former dictator, Saddam Hussein, was captured that December, tried for crimes against humanity and executed in 2006. Recalling when Baghdad fell to U.S. and U.K. forces 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Gooding pounds out news releases from his cubicle, which is comfortably situated in one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces. 'Fobbit': spinning the war in Baghdad 2012-10-03T21:00:13Z But his next film provides the Borat star with his most outlandish collaborator to date: the former Iraqi dictator – and reputed romantic novelist – Saddam Hussein. Sacha Baron Cohen to star in film of Saddam Hussein novel 2011-01-20T16:39:32Z He conjured Saddam Hussein's son Uday and put him in the play. A young playwright in demand: Rajiv Joseph 2011-03-31T19:46:05Z Unique too for having penetrated deep within first the insurgency loyal to Saddam Hussein, then the Islamist genesis of what is now Isis. ‘I witnessed the birth of Isis’: how one film-maker captured the horror of Iraq 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z We didn't find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but just look inside Saddam Hussein's cavernous baroque palaces. Gaddafi, the great-taste dictator of interior design 2011-08-25T17:03:47Z He probably deserted during the invasion, never wanted to fight U.S. troops, and just wanted to go home and live in an Iraq free of Saddam Hussein. “Our sons will ask us what we did here”: an interrogator’s memories of Abu Ghraib 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z As for the deeper stuff, Hitchens describes his gradual transformation from a '60s Marxist idealist to Iraq hawk: he witnessed Saddam Hussein's atrocities there and found removing him a moral imperative. 'Hitch-22': the unvarnished, unapologetic Christopher Hitchens tells all 2010-06-22T00:12:00Z The auctioneer, Paul Brown, said in a recent phone interview that, according to the consignor, the American military had looted the weapon from one of Saddam Hussein’s offices. Antiques: Antiques Dealers on TV (Casting Calls Posted) 2011-03-24T21:17:07Z Plates that once belonged to Saddam Hussein, used to serve a venision-and-date-syrup entrée prepared by the restaurant Park Avenue Autumn. ArtsBeat Blog: Looted Dishes Used in Art Project Returned to Iraq 2011-12-14T19:50:14Z The reason the Borgia and Kennedy myths never die is particularly obvious now, when the world is reeling from the likes of Saddam Hussein, Hosni Mubarak and Col. Television Review: The Power Brokers: Fathers, Sons, Dynasties 2011-03-31T20:00:05Z He is a member of the Shia sect; 10 years ago, he was an officer in the defeated army of Saddam Hussein, his city newly under US occupation. Baghdad, Iraq: 10 years after Saddam 2013-03-17T00:05:30Z “I’m not saying Saddam Hussein was an angel,” said Latif Yahia, a former Iraqi Army lieutenant who was forcibly inducted into the entourage of the president’s son, and whose story is recounted in the film. Stepping Into the Shoes of a Psychopath 2011-07-22T13:00:00Z They all included careful qualifiers, but their overwhelming message was that Saddam Hussein posed a threat. Review: Judith Miller’s ‘The Story: A Reporter’s Journey’ 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z After completion - a 26-year project - its engineers built five more in Iraq for Saddam Hussein, a Tito friend. Bosnia turns Tito nuclear bunker into art gallery 2010-06-16T13:31:00Z Saddam Hussein’s putative mobile chemical-weapons labs came up in the conversation, too. Magazine Preview: The Dark Art of ?Breaking Bad? 2011-07-06T12:20:00Z Aladeen, on the other hand, is a truly dangerous person, a combination of Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein, but the film he appears in is a conventional , entirely scripted. The Dictator ? review 2012-05-19T23:08:03Z “He was reduced to a character and a punch line, and we felt that there was a more complex story to be told,” said Ms. Steinberg, whose last documentary examined the trial of Saddam Hussein. ‘Weiner’ Covers a Political Campaign Set on Self-Destruct 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z At the time of writing, he has completed 1,069 seats, including one with a piece of Saddam Hussein's toilet that was donated by an Iraq war veteran.• Top 10 roadside attractions in Texas and New Mexico 2013-06-21T23:10:00Z Many of these statements follow from the same misguided assumptions that convinced Boot and so many others that a war of choice to oust Saddam Hussein was a splendid idea. Did Max Boot Turn His Back on the Republican Party, or Did the Party Turn Its Back on Him? 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z It spun around a young Saddam Hussein, was set in Iraq and in Iraqi-Arabic with subtitles. Student Academy Awards have foreign flavor 2011-06-12T09:16:04Z That’s certainly true, but it’s also true that the CIA director of that moment, George Tenet, assured President Bush that there was a “slam-dunk case” that Saddam Hussein had such weaponry. Through the looking glass: How can we recognize our friends in the mixed-up world of Donald Trump? 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z Yet La Comay also relishes replaying lurid videos such as one showing the hanging of the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Puerto Rico enthralled by cheeky newscaster puppet 2012-10-19T12:38:09Z There were no British titles in competition and so we clambered upstairs to catch sight of Whitney, Kevin Macdonald’s devastating portrait of the pop superstar, apparently beloved by Nelson Mandela and Saddam Hussein alike. Cannes 2018: A search for meaning on the Croisette 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z When he asks, “Governor, do you know why we’re in Iraq?,” she says, incorrectly, “Because Saddam Hussein attacked us on 9/11.” ?Game Change? on HBO, With Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin 2012-03-04T23:12:46Z I found its ungainly mix of obscene luxury and militaristic design off-putting even before I learned that Saddam Hussein’s deplorable son Uday had owned one. Among the Masters at the Ferrari and Lamborghini Museums 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z After all, Mr. Morton recalled in an interview, there have been saber-toothed tiger fossils and Hitler’s bookmark and Saddam Hussein’s AK-47. Dinosaur Skeleton to Be Returned to Mongolians 2013-05-06T03:00:01Z It focused on Kurdish victims of the Saddam Hussein regime and the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Iranian movie on U.S. in Iraq entered for Oscars 2010-12-08T15:36:00Z Saddam Hussein looking like anything but a strutting, grandstanding fool? Our disgruntled dictator 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Unlike the U.S. government, I have never supported Saddam Hussein. Barry Crimmins’s Hard Truths 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z More recently, the icon of symbolic destruction was a statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad’s Firdos Square, pulled down by U.S. troops and Iraqi citizens during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. When our icons tumble 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z She launched the gala in 2007 to raise money for humanitarian efforts — a personal mission after she, her husband and young sons fled Kuwait when Saddam Hussein invaded the country. How Rima Al-Sabah became a force in Washington’s social scene 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Photograph: David Furst/EPA Saddam Hussein's daughter is looking for a publisher for her late father's handwritten memoirs, according to a report from the Arab news channel Al Arabiya. Saddam Hussein's daughter seeking publisher for his memoirs 2012-05-28T15:06:56Z Ever since the agency's erroneous call, a decade earlier, that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction, the CIA had instituted an almost comically elaborate process for weighing certainty. The death of Osama bin Laden: how the US finally got its man 2012-10-12T22:00:09Z Husni left Iraq in 1996 when international sanctions against Saddam Hussein’s government crushed the economy and made it difficult to earn money acting. Iraq's racy TV in Ramadan revives an industry - and draws censure 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Last month, Cooper made waves at the Sundance Film Festival for his dual roles in the indie film "The Devil's Double", in which he plays both Saddam Hussein and the late Iraqi leader's double. Joaquin Phoenix out of "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" 2011-02-11T00:09:10Z He had the troops roaring in Baghdad in 2003, shortly after the capture of Saddam Hussein. The Military Absolutely Loved Robin Williams 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Gates’s logic is diabolically sound: the Americans will have no trouble sweeping in and taking the money since Saddam Hussein’s army is currently preoccupied with quashing the resistance. Three Kings at 20: the war movie where anything was possible 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z This pair of Sarahs is meant to rally the faithful against a despised if imaginary enemy, as George W. Bush marshaled a fearful America against Saddam Hussein. The Undefeated: Her Holiness Sarah Palin 2011-07-15T08:55:00Z Rumsfeld was secretary of defense and shouldered some of the blame as Iraq sank into chaos after the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s regime. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z That unfortunate time she warned us about Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s supposed nuclear ambitions by saying, “We don’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.” Review | What was George W. Bush really like? A novelist whips up a campy portrait. 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Built by the Yugoslavs, the factory was originally to be named after Bakr himself, until Saddam Hussein seized power in 1979. How the US let al-Qaida get its hands on an Iraqi weapons factory 2011-01-07T07:59:02Z For instance, one scene in the film shows a news conference at which Mr. Rumsfeld recited his “unknown unknowns” memo as a way of deflecting questions about whether Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. ‘The Unknown Known’ Explores How Rumsfeld Sees Himself 2014-03-28T17:00:01Z The comment sparked a country radio boycott, album-burning rallies and a squabble with Keith, who staged concerts in front of an oversize doctored photo of Maines embracing Saddam Hussein. The Chicks Are Done Caring What People Think 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Story of my life … Saddam Hussein, on trial for crimes against humanity, argues with prosecutors in Baghdad, 2006. Saddam Hussein's daughter seeking publisher for his memoirs 2012-05-28T15:06:56Z Almost 10 years to the date after Saddam Hussein’s forces did not attack my house, I found myself, for the first time in my life, at a political protest. Steven Levenson: The First Time I Attended a Political Protest 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z He contends that the Bush White House sold a lie to the American public: that Saddam Hussein posed an imminent fatal threat. Movie Review: ‘The Prosecution of an American President,’ Directed by Dave Hagen and David J. Burke 2012-10-12T03:00:44Z He was one of the finest chroniclers of the 1979 Islamic revolution that overthrew the shah of Iran, his native country; the nearly eight-year Iran-Iraq war; and Saddam Hussein’s gassing of the Kurds. Photography: Rare Glimpses of Iran’s Lost Underworld 2014-03-20T14:32:28Z It is loosely based on a novel written by Saddam Hussein. Iraq on stage ? quiz 2011-07-21T07:00:22Z No Americans were killed in combat in Iraq in August, a first for any month since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003. U.S. may leave 3,000 troops in Iraq past 2011 2011-09-07T02:24:00Z Saddam Hussein similarly talked up his arsenal to scare external and internal foes, and look where it got him. Iran's self-aggrandising 'fake' fighter plane and a history of doctored photos 2013-02-13T12:22:04Z Al-Jubouri, 47, who fled Saddam Hussein and took political asylum in Germany in 1998, was one of the first exiled writers to return to Iraq after his fall. Blogs, videos and verse: an Iraqi poet's quest to heal her homeland 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z It was launched in January 1991, after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. Perspective | A wave of war memorials is coming to D.C. Are we all at peace with that? 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z This time, the focus wasn’t on Saddam Hussein, WMDs or the wisdom of invading Iraq. The TV pundits are talking about the prospects for war with Iran, and it sounds a lot like 2003 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z So again four years later, after it had become apparent that Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction were made of the same stuff as Eisenheim’s projection of “The Vanishing Lady.” My book was a bad idea 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z That’s why Robert Harris added a murder mystery to “The Ghost,” his thinly disguised novel about the real reason Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain supported the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Television Review: David Hare?s ?Page Eight? on PBS - Review 2011-11-04T22:36:42Z Things are chaotic at Abu Ghraib, where Mr. Fair is assigned to a team tasked with debriefing former associates of Saddam Hussein. Review: Eric Fair’s ‘Consequence,’ a Memoir by a Former Abu Ghraib Interrogator 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Saddam Hussein, it was reported after the fall of his regime, had golden toilets, or at least gold-plated toilets. Perspective | An art critic explains what the Guggenheim was really saying when it offered Trump a golden toilet 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z This, then, is the legendary Hitch – one-time titan and hero of the left, latterly post-9/11 neocon turncoat – the man who took on Henry Kissinger, Mother Teresa, George Galloway, God and Saddam Hussein. The boor's head 2010-05-21T23:03:00Z It also reminds viewers that Saddam Hussein, who was executed after being ousted by the U.S.-led invasion, was once a father figure and hero to many Iraqis. London play on Iraq aims to get behind the headlines 2012-07-02T15:29:33Z IT’S hard to conceive of too many narratives in which Saddam Hussein might emerge as a second-tier villain. Stepping Into the Shoes of a Psychopath 2011-07-22T13:00:00Z In the matter of Saddam Hussein vs. the World, the difficult choice—the morally compromised one—would have been to leave Hussein in power and thus abandon the millions of suffering Iraqis to their suffering. Christopher Hitchens’ last years: Islam, the Iraq war and how a man of the left found his moment by breaking with the left 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Two books trace the origins of IS to America’s misbegotten invasion to topple Saddam Hussein in Iraq in 2003, the subsequent Sunni backlash against the newly enfranchised Shias and the appalling civil war in Syria. Rolling into town 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Shown at the National Council for Art and Culture in Kuwait in 1983, the work remained on loan to the Kuwaitis there until days before Saddam Hussein invaded their country in 1990. Painting the Arab World, From Afar 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z The museum is housed in a former palace belonging to Saddam Hussein, Iraq's longstanding president who was overthrown following the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Iraq inaugurates archaeology museum in oil-rich Basra 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z A veteran of conflicts from the Belfast Troubles to Saddam Hussein’s gassing of the Kurds, he won a Robert Capa Gold Medal in 1979 for his coverage of the Iranian revolution. | Shirin Neshat on Kaveh Golestan’s Humanistic Portraiture 2014-02-26T17:30:51Z Penn State fired him and later hauled away his statue, a Saddam Hussein moment. Books of The Times: ‘Paterno’ by Joe Posnanski, a Biography of the Coach 2012-08-20T16:25:26Z The application was made several times under Saddam Hussein but was always turned down because of the "absence of any management and preservation plans for the site", she explained. Babylon's undiscovered treasures threatened by new oil pipeline 2012-05-29T13:06:00Z It brought a crane to hoist up the golden likeness of Mr. Erdogan — with his right arm raised, evoking the statue of Saddam Hussein toppled by American forces in Iraq — and hauled it away. Golden Statue of Erdogan Is Removed in German City 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z The exhibition in Blackpool also includes an image of dictator Saddam Hussein. Crazy golftime for Hitler: should we salute the Chapman brothers' statue? 2012-08-15T11:00:54Z On 9 April, the day before the 101st arrived at Qa'qaa, US troops had taken the capital, symbolically pulling down the statue of Saddam Hussein in Firdos Square. How the US let al-Qaida get its hands on an Iraqi weapons factory 2011-01-07T07:59:02Z Matt Damon's Green Zone, based on the book Imperial Life in the Emerald City - an expose of America's tribulations in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein - took just over £2m in its first weekend. Alice stays top of UK box office 2010-03-16T14:34:00Z That was because March 20, 2003, was the day U.S. missiles began hitting Baghdad, signaling the start of the U.S.-led campaign to topple Saddam Hussein. Pioneering 'Avenue Q' celebrates 10th anniversary 2013-07-29T12:50:32Z Q. What was the worst advice Saddam Hussein ever followed? Style Invitational Week 1170: Derby or not Derby — our famous ‘foal’ contest 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z After each of Saddam Hussein’s epic clashes with the West, Mr. Azzawi produced works lamenting the sad fate of his people. Painting the Arab World, From Afar 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z As people across the Arab world struggle to shake off the burdens of dictatorship, the release of “The Devil’s Double,” a slick English-language excursion into Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, might seem either timely or insensitive. | 'The Devil?s Double': Straight From Uday Hussein?s Inner Circle 2011-07-29T00:16:46Z He infuriated Washington by challenging claims that Saddam Hussein had a secret nuclear program. Nobel Peace Prize winner ElBaradei writing memoir 2010-03-16T17:50:00Z Walters is known for her interviews on U.S. television with world leaders including Cuba's Fidel Castro, Britain's Margaret Thatcher, Saddam Hussein of Iraq and every U.S. president since Richard Nixon. U.S. TV journalist Barbara Walters announces retirement 2013-05-13T15:51:42Z Some 53,000 UK personnel took part in the Gulf War in 1991 to drive Saddam Hussein's Iraq out of Kuwait, with 47 killed. UK's queen unveils memorial dedicated to Britons involved in Afghan, Iraq wars 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z George W. Bush was right on one thing about the Iraq war — many Iraqis wanted to be free to be more democratic once the tyranny of Saddam Hussein was lifted from their necks. What Samantha Power Learned on the Job 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z That wasn’t a sitcom romp, it was more like watching Iraqis tear down statues of Saddam Hussein in the early days of the American-led invasion. ArtsBeat Blog: 'Two and a Half Men' Offers a Charlie Sheen Roast of Its Own 2011-09-20T13:22:05Z “I am the banker of the man who is Saddam Hussein’s banker,” he told me. "I know where Saddam Hussein is hiding": What I saw in Iraq right after the 2003 U.S. invasion 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z Water had been diverted to Saddam Hussein’s family. Are literary classics obsolete? 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z Next to him was Secretary of State Colin Powell, who had warned Bush about the dangers of ousting Saddam Hussein from power. Why the United States Invaded Iraq 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z He fled Iraq in 1993 during Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship and gained international fame, performing around the world and receiving dozens of awards. Iconic musician seeks to rebuild Iraq through music 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z In the 1970s, under President Saddam Hussein’s restoration project, the southern palace’s walls and arches were shoddily rebuilt on top of the existing ruins, causing widespread damage. Ancient Iraqi city of Babylon designated UNESCO World Heritage Site 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z “You’d be surprised at the hostility you would find out here. Stop in at a truck stop and tell an overworked, long distance truck driver that you don’t think Saddam Hussein is doing anything wrong.” Charlie Daniels, Fiddling Force in Country and Rock, Dies at 83 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z As James Mann astutely noted in his book “Rise of the Vulcans,” “in this respect Panama was a forerunner of the later American effort against Saddam Hussein in Iraq.” Yearning for an Earlier Era of American Diplomacy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z So there is Laura, curled up on the bed next to Nick, listening to Tony wondering about how reliable the intelligence is on Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction. ArtsBeat: Nothing Rings True Like Authenticity 2011-07-26T18:21:23Z Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq was despotic, oppressive, criminal and worse. Review: ‘Homeland: Iraq Year Zero’ Chronicles a War-Torn Family 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z “He has seen leaders like Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi scale back their nuclear programs only to be overthrown either by the U.S. or their own people and die gruesome deaths,” Oliver said. John Oliver: Trump and North Korea are “Goading each other toward armageddon” 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Saddam Hussein was utterly obsessed with Saladin in many ways. Christians and Muslims are distorting crusades, says historian 2010-06-02T15:47:00Z The museum is housed in a former palace of Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq who was overthrown in the U.S.-led invasion of that country in 2003. Iraqi dictator’s palace becomes museum 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z This deeply reported account, which draws on interviews and declassified documents, suggests that the invasion and Saddam Hussein’s ouster were both inevitabilities in President Bush’s mind. 16 Books to Watch For in July 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Saddam Hussein's Zabiba and the King was the first book in my library of dictator literature. Dictator-lit: Saddam Hussein tortured metaphors, too 2011-03-31T15:17:36Z Later, in 2002, Holbrooke’s reasons for supporting the impending war in Iraq had to do with fear — not just of Saddam Hussein but also of the possibility that “a soft Democrat was politically doomed.” The Agony and the Ecstasy of Richard Holbrooke 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z In his book "The Great War of Our Time," former CIA deputy Director Michael Morell explains the blunder that led to Saddam Hussein being deposed and sent him into hiding in a spider hole. 'The Great War of Our Time' goes inside the CIA, to a point 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Saddam Hussein famously gold-plated his taps; he did the same to his lavatory brushes. Gaddafi compound reveals dictator's taste for bling - and Condoleezza Rice 2011-08-25T18:54:20Z This source has confirmed Dayne's many stories about Saddam Hussein's stockpiles of MWDs and now pinpoints the sites Miller's team fruitlessly searches. Bourne again: "Green Zone" a remarkable movie 2010-03-05T06:26:00Z In this clear-eyed chronicle of Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Saddam Hussein, Davis asks important questions about the development of democracy and its flip side, autocracy. Best children’s books of 2020 reveal a growing diversity 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Over the last month, Iraqis fed up with corruption and unemployment have staged the country’s largest protests since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. These Artists Refuse to Forget the Wars in Iraq 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z After Saddam Hussein was toppled, Mossad found huge caches of nuclear weapons in bunkers throughout the country. The World Turned Upside Down by Melanie Phillips 2010-06-14T20:59:00Z Raghad Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator's eldest daughter, lives in exile in Jordan. Saddam Hussein's daughter seeking publisher for his memoirs 2012-05-28T15:06:56Z The party was nothing more than a vehicle that promoted the regimes of Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi – for money – and supplied a stream of women for its supreme leader, Gerry Healy, to enjoy. Why leftists and 'revolutionaries' are not the best feminists 2013-02-03T00:06:08Z The implication that things would be so much better now in Iraq if it had been left in the hands of the ruthless Saddam Hussein and his cronies seems a tad optimistic. In ‘Frankenstein in Baghdad,’ a Fantastical Manifestation of War’s Cruelties 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z During her long career, Walters was known for her interviews on U.S. television with world leaders including Cuba's Fidel Castro, Britain's Margaret Thatcher, Saddam Hussein of Iraq and every U.S. president since Richard Nixon. TV journalist Barbara Walters announces retirement date 2014-04-07T16:35:42Z I believe that when George W. Bush looked at Saddam Hussein in Iraq, he saw danger. America’s war mistakes 2012-06-16T20:00:00Z Having Baghdad as the venue is a symbolic victory for Iran and a showcase of its deep influence in the country more than nine years after U.S.-led forces toppled Tehran’s archenemy, Saddam Hussein. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z During the 2003 invasion, he was embedded with the Army’s Third Infantry Division, Second Brigade, and was the first television reporter to follow American forces infiltrating Baghdad as they stormed Saddam Hussein’s presidential palace. A Good Day in New York for Former TV Anchor 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Over two years he asked people, such as a doctor or a butcher, to pose with a picture of Saddam Hussein over their faces—at home, on the street or in an office. Shifting chronicle 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z If the demise of the Warsaw Pact signaled Russian debility, the 1991 Persian Gulf war, when Saddam Hussein tried to gobble up Kuwait, confirmed it. Yearning for an Earlier Era of American Diplomacy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z So did others, which documented the toppling of a giant statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad two years later. We Need to Move, Not Destroy, Confederate Monuments 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Imagine a nightmare version of "The Godfather" featuring Saddam Hussein instead of the benevolent Mafia kingpin Don Corleone. 'The Devil's Double' captures horror of Hussein son's look-alike 2011-08-04T20:00:06Z At the end of the 20th century it was spoiled by Saddam Hussein and in the early 21st century damaged by the US army. Babylon's undiscovered treasures threatened by new oil pipeline 2012-05-29T13:06:00Z For weeks, George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein had engaged in a stare-down contest. When the war came for me 2013-03-19T00:00:00Z In addition to other errors, Powell wrongly accused Saddam Hussein of harboring Zarqawi, showing his scowling bearded face on TV screens around the world. 'Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS' offers brilliant biography of Abu Musab Zarqawi 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z After Saddam Hussein overran Kuwait in August 1991, the administration and its allies were at a loss on how to react. Jon Meacham’s ‘Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush’ 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z The militant groups, which proliferated in Iraq in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 that toppled Saddam Hussein and his Sunni government, are trained and funded by Shi'ite power Iran. US forces under fire in Middle East as America slides towards brink 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, which toppled Sunni Muslim autocrat Saddam Hussein, allowed Shi'ite Muslim Iran to expand its influence there. Jordan fears the crossfire if Gaza war pulls Iran into wider conflict 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z A better parallel, he says, is Iraq in 2003, where US-led forces attempted to remove all traces of Saddam Hussein's regime. Israel has no plan for Gaza after war ends, experts warn 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z Fear Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Beyond the right's "woke" slurs, what would a "progressive" U.S. military really look like? 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z But the desire for one, the imagining of one, helps explain how al-Qaida’s attacks led to our disastrous invasion of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. How Israel’s 9/11 tests American grand strategy | Ross Douthat 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z In 2003, Ms Feinstein voted in favour of the Iraq War, saying she believed at the time that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. Obituary: Dianne Feinstein, trailblazing senator who defied CIA and White House 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z They were only twice allowed outside for exercise and were made to watch speeches by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on television. Former Kuwait hostage says she did not expect to survive captivity 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z It wasn’t immediately clear why authorities in Iraq allowed the cladding to be used on the hall, though corruption and mismanagement remains endemic two decades after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq kills at least 100 people and injures 150 more 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z But since the U.S. toppled former leader Saddam Hussein in 2003, Shi'ite Muslim parties close to Tehran have become key political players in Baghdad and economic and religious ties between both nations have expanded. Historic Iraq-Iran railway link ready in 18 months -Iraq transport adviser 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Iraq has more than 70 private banks, a relatively new feature in a sector that was almost entirely controlled by the state until Saddam Hussein was toppled in the U.S. invasion of 2003. U.S. Treasury official says Iraq must act to avoid further action on banks 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z More than 300 people onboard were detained by Iraqi troops, marking the start of an ordeal lasting almost five months as they were used by Saddam Hussein as "human shields" against western attacks. Gulf War 'human shield' hostages set to take legal action 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Even then, Saddam Hussein's Iraq was already in the Pentagon's crosshairs. A short history of America's disaster: How 9/11 bred the endless war on terror 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z He bargained with a who’s who of America’s adversaries, including Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Bill Richardson, a former governor and U.N. ambassador who worked to free detained Americans, dies 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Richardson negotiated personally with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in 1995 to gain the release of two American aerospace workers who had strayed over the Iraqi border from Kuwait. Bill Richardson, U.S. diplomat and troubleshooter, dead at 75 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z The attack came in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that toppled the dictator, Saddam Hussein, but unleashed an insurgency and years of brutal civil war in the country. Officials commemorate 20th anniversary of deadly attack on UN headquarters in Iraq 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z While not a terrorist, she said, he worked for a time in Iraq for the Ba’ath Party, best known for its reviled leader, Saddam Hussein. Handcuffs, searches, ‘SSSS’ stamps: Why this Seattle imam is suing the U.S. 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z The attack was likely intended to foment unrest between Kuwait’s Sunni and Shiite populations, but instead it backfired, reawakening a sense of national solidarity not seen since Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion. Kuwait executes 5 prisoners, including a man convicted in 2015 Islamic State-claimed mosque bombing 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z In Iraq, over 43,000 people remain missing since a U.S.-led invasion in 2003 toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, followed by a ferocious civil war and the rise of the Islamic State extremist group. Families of tens of thousands missing in Syria draw some hope from new U.N. push to find loved ones 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Characters include remixes of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. Captivated by the multiverse and alternate realities? Here’s a handy guide to some good stuff 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Kuwait, considered a major non-NATO ally, and the U.S. have had a close military partnership since America launched the 1991 Gulf War to expel Iraqi troops after Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded the country. Kuwait strikes $367 million deal to acquire Turkish-made combat drones 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Adel al-Batat, in his late 60s, has struggled to find work since he was initially displaced from marshlands when Iraq's former leader Saddam Hussein drained vast parts in the 1990s to flush out rebels. Drought drives economic exodus from Iraq's rivers and marshlands 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z Twenty years after the U.S. invasion toppled longtime dictator Saddam Hussein and divided the unified country in the heart of the Arab world, Iraq is still seeking stability. UN urges Iraq to deliver on reforms and combat corruption — and backs it fight against terrorism 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z It's a strategy that was used to sell the Iraq War, by hyping false claims that Saddam Hussein was concealing weapons of mass destruction. The most surprising part of the "homeless veterans" hoax? Fox News admitted they were wrong 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Saddam Hussein, The military leader at the head of the Ba’ath Party, launched the Iran-Iraq War as a straightforward territorial grab. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately following, uprisings took place in Kurdish and Shi‛ite regions of Iraq that sought to topple President Saddam Hussein’s government. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Qaeda fighters became active in Iraq soon after the American-led invasion in 2003, gaining support, weapons and knowledge of the terrain from former supporters of Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s longtime dictator. Iraqi Man Accused of War Crimes Is Arrested in Belgium 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z The majority of the population thought that Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9/11. Noam Chomsky on "savage capitalism": From climate change to bank failures to war 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Residents say they generally coexisted before the 2003 invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein. Thousands still missing from 20 years of Iraq’s turmoil 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z The measure also would repeal the 1991 resolution authorizing the U.S. military’s combat action against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait. Why the debate over repealing Iraq War approval matters 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z “Is the world better off without Saddam Hussein, and are we better off with a democracy replacing him? I’d say yes.” Analysis | ‘A horrible vote’: Congress revisits one of its gravest mistakes, the Iraq War 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Twenty years since the U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein and remade Iraq’s political order with the promise of democracy and freedom, he has one wish: to find a way to leave. Corruption, deep disparity mark Iraq’s oil legacy post-2003 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z The Bush administration argued Saddam Hussein’s government was still hiding programs from inspectors after they reentered the country in 2002 and found no signs of resumed production. Iraq WMD failures shadow US intelligence 20 years later 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Twenty years ago, when I first hired him in Baghdad, my Iraqi interpreter and driver Salam was thrilled that the Americans had toppled Saddam Hussein. Willful U.S. ignorance on Iraq destroyed my interpreter's dreams, family and life | Trudy Rubin 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Twenty years since the U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein and remade Iraq’s political order with the promise of democracy and freedom, he has one wish: To find a way to leave. Corruption, deep disparity mark Iraq’s oil legacy post-2003 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Saddam Hussein and Moammar Gaddafi used these tactics in Iraq and Libya, respectively. Opinion | Why Xi and Putin pretend they run democracies 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Two decades after the UK joined a coalition to overthrow Saddam Hussein in Iraq, BBC News spoke to three Armed Forces veterans whose lives were profoundly changed by their service. Iraq war 20 years on: 'I lost my leg, but I'd do it again' 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Lloyd J. Austin III has made an unannounced visit to Baghdad days before the 20th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. Two decades after start of Iraq conflict, Congress poised to repeal war authorization 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z There is broad bipartisan support to withdraw that congressional approval granted in 1991 and 2002 for military strikes against Saddam Hussein’s regime. Senate votes to keep 2001 authorization for war on terror 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z In March 2003, the US and its allies invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein's regime, which they said had weapons of mass destruction. European young adults are critical of both US and China - study 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z That rapidly changed after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein. Kurds remain biggest winners from US-led invasion of Iraq 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z I was based at Camp Victory in Saddam Hussein's old palace. Iraq war 20 years on: 'I lost my leg, but I'd do it again' 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Bush gave as justification for the war in Iraq what he claimed was intelligence showing that dictator Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction. Two decades after start of Iraq conflict, Congress poised to repeal war authorization 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z This one was close to a housing block that Saddam Hussein had allocated for Palestinian refugees. Perspective | The Iraq I never knew As far as he is concerned, the world is better off without Saddam Hussein, and he has told advisers he has not changed his mind about that. Bush Doesn’t Second-Guess Himself on Iraq. Even if Everyone Else Does. 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z On March 20, 2003, President George W. Bush announced the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein and destroyed his alleged stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. The Iraq War: 20 Years On 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z His father had been a colonel when Saddam Hussein was in power, and rejoined the Iraqi Army, which the Americans initially dissolved, after it was reconstituted. The Children of the Iraq War Have Grown Up, but Some Wounds Don’t Heal 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Iraq's tyrant, Saddam Hussein, was well worth overthrowing - he had imprisoned and killed thousands of Iraqis, even using chemical weapons against rebellious Kurds. Two decades on, how the UK/US-led invasion turbo-charged Iraq into chaos 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z On 20 March 2003, US and allied forces invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein's regime. Why did the US and allies invade Iraq, 20 years ago? 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z “I think Bush is an extraordinarily complex person,” said Melvyn P. Leffler, a University of Virginia historian who just published “Confronting Saddam Hussein,” a book examining the war. Bush Doesn’t Second-Guess Himself on Iraq. Even if Everyone Else Does. 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z It started with an aerial assault to topple Saddam Hussein and became an occupation, then a war against an insurgency and then a sectarian civil war. Your Monday Briefing: Putin and Xi to Meet in Moscow 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z A well-informed source told me that Saddam Hussein maintained leverage over Aziz by keeping his son in jeopardy of imprisonment or worse, to ensure that Aziz would not defect or otherwise step out of line. The urbanity of evil: 20 years after the Iraq invasion, the lies continue 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Saddam Hussein had been a thorn in America's side ever since he sent his army into Kuwait in 1990. Two decades on, how the UK/US-led invasion turbo-charged Iraq into chaos 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z The UK's then-Prime Minister, Tony Blair, said it was "beyond doubt" that Saddam Hussein was continuing to produce WMD. Why did the US and allies invade Iraq, 20 years ago? 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z First it became clear that the invasion was predicated on false intelligence that then-Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was colluding with Al Qaeda and stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. Commentary: Iraq is the war no one wants to remember. As an Iraqi American, I can never forget 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Twenty years ago, President George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq, toppling the despot Saddam Hussein and fomenting a kind of hell that Iraq is still grappling with today. Column: The 20th anniversary of the Iraq war also marks a colossal failure of the mainstream media 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z It marked the start of the US and UK-led invasion of the country and the removal of leader Saddam Hussein. The Iraq War: Five voices from Wales, 20 years on 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Unwittingly, the Americans turned the balance of power in Iraq in Iran's favour by overthrowing Saddam Hussein, who was considered a Sunni bulwark against the Islamic Republic. Two decades on, how the UK/US-led invasion turbo-charged Iraq into chaos 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Saddam Hussein was later captured, tried and executed. Why did the US and allies invade Iraq, 20 years ago? 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z The last person to be so glorified was Saddam Hussein, the dictator deposed and killed in the American-led invasion of Iraq that began almost exactly 20 years ago. In the U.S.-Led Iraq War, Iran Was the Big Winner 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Back then, people were frequently persecuted by Saddam Hussein’s tyrannical regime. Opinion | The Iraq War helped destroy what it meant to be an Iraqi 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The Bush administration sold a false bill of goods to justify its “preemptive” intervention against the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Analysis | 20 years later, U.S. invasion of Iraq hangs over war in Ukraine 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Was it over, as the administration heavily implied, suspicions that Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s leader, had been involved in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which also proved false? 20 Years On, a Question Lingers About Iraq: Why Did the U.S. Invade? 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z As Iraq marks the 20th anniversary on Monday of the American-led invasion that toppled the dictator Saddam Hussein, an army of ghosts haunts the living. 20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z What had started with the United States’ aerial assault and invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, became an occupation, a war against an insurgency, and then a sectarian civil war. In Photos: The Iraq War 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Half of today’s population isn’t old enough to remember life under Saddam Hussein. 20 years after U.S. invasion, young Iraqis see signs of hope 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z March 20, 2003: The invasion is launched, and Baghdad is attacked with missiles and bombs in an attempt to target Saddam Hussein and bring down the government. Timeline of events: 20 years since U.S.-led invasion of Iraq 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z It urged President Bill Clinton to “aim, above all, at the removal of Saddam Hussein’s regime from power.” 20 Years On, a Question Lingers About Iraq: Why Did the U.S. Invade? 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Under Saddam Hussein's repressive rule, Sunnis in Falluja and across Iraq had been the main beneficiaries of official patronage in business, government posts and the army, while Shi'ites were sidelined. Iraqi ambush of Americans made a mockery of 'Mission Accomplished' 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z American soldiers inside a palace that belonged to Uday Saddam Hussein, one of the ruler’s sons, in Baghdad on April 10. In Photos: The Iraq War 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Despite having said he supported invading Iraq at the time, Trump now called the Iraq War “a big fat mistake” and criticized the Bush administration as lying about Saddam Hussein’s having weapons of mass destruction. A Republican ‘civil war’ on Ukraine erupts as Reagan’s example fades 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The invasion was based on what turned out to be faulty claims that Saddam Hussein had secretly stashed weapons of mass destruction. Why US troops remain in Iraq 20 years after ‘shock and awe’ 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Bush had been criticised across the Middle East for his decision to oust Saddam Hussein, an action launched based on faulty U.S. intelligence that the Iraqi leader had amassed weapons of mass destruction. No regrets from the Iraqi who threw his shoes at Bush 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Amer said he is still determined to leave Iraq, two decades after U.S. troops and Iraqis pulled down a statue of Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad. Saddam Hussein fell. Then violence in Iraq spiralled 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z "We would have invaded Iraq if Saddam Hussein had a rubber band and a paperclip," says Mr Rueda. How the search for Iraq's secret weapons fell apart 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z After the toppling of Saddam Hussein in the U.S.-led invasion of 2003, Iran deepened its political, security and economic influence in Iraq, sparking Saudi alarm. Factbox: Middle East flashpoints that could be affected by Saudi-Iran deal 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z It led to a Welsh newspaper poll ridiculously placing him as the second most-hated man in the world between Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. Wales aim to avoid new world ranking low in Rome 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Mind you, they also told serial whoppers about Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's nonexistent ties to the al-Qaeda terror group and his supposedly active biological and nuclear weapons programs. When we were Vladimir Putin: The American war from hell, 20 years later 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z He was in Baghdad on Tuesday on an unannounced visit, days before the 20th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. US defense secretary: Egypt partnership ‘essential pillar’ 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z He defended his decision both as a matter of principle in terms of the need to deal with Saddam Hussein, but also because of the need to maintain the UK's relationship with the US. How the search for Iraq's secret weapons fell apart 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z The 2003 invasion of Iraq ousted the longstanding dictator Saddam Hussein and led to a brutal insurgency against U.S. forces and their Iraqi allies. U.S. Defense Secretary Affirms Support for Iraq on Baghdad Visit 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit on Tuesday to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, just days before the 20th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin makes unannounced visit to Baghdad 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The book discusses in forensic detail the process that led to the decision to topple Saddam Hussein, occupy Iraq and assume direct responsibility for the post-Hussein transition. Review | How power, fear and hubris drove the 2003 invasion of Iraq 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z During Saddam Hussein’s rule, Jotheri said, the foreign archeologists who did come were under strict monitoring by a suspicious government in Baghdad, limiting their contacts with locals. Ancient restaurant highlights Iraq’s archeology renaissance 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z He says a confirmation bias led government experts to listen to fragments of information which supported the idea that Saddam Hussein had WMDs, and discount any that did not. How the search for Iraq's secret weapons fell apart 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z In 2003, the financial reserves of Saddam Hussein’s government were confiscated and used to help rebuild that war-torn nation. Ukraine’s richest man pursues his own battle with Kremlin over losses 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Since then, the United States returned to fight Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein; in Afghanistan, clear, limited war aims were never stated. Opinion | Ukraine and its allies must decide on an endgame — and then get there 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The central government's strained relations with the Kurds -- often part of Iraq's political landscape since Saddam Hussein was toppled in the 2003 invasion -- could hamper Sudani's efforts after a long period of paralysis. Iraq PM risks new crisis as tensions with Kurds resurface 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z “The coming 18 months, however, may be the most strategically significant in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein,” it added, putting that in boldface. From George to Barack: A Look at Secret Bush Memos to the Obama Team 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z In the 1990s, when Iraq was under U.S.-led trade sanctions aimed at its dictator, Saddam Hussein, Baghdad residents cut down trees for fuel. Baghdad Loses Green Space to Real Estate Boom 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Born in Baghdad to a Kurdish family, Mr. Zahawi came to Britain at age 11, when his parents fled the tyranny of Saddam Hussein. U.K. Prime Minister Ousts Top Party Official 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z However, when Saddam Hussein came to power in the late 1970s, they came under threat. Who is Nadhim Zahawi? 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z And it has deepened anti-American sentiment among politicians in Iraq, which remains unstable nearly 20 years after a U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein. Analysis: Iraqi PM walks diplomatic tightrope in crackdown on dollars smuggled to Iran 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Relations between Shiite-dominated Iraq and the other Gulf countries, which are mostly Sunni, had been essentially frozen for almost a decade after the U.S. invasion toppled the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003. Stampede Outside Soccer Stadium in Iraq Leaves at Least One Dead 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z That was the justification for the United States’ 1991 repulsion of Saddam Hussein’s invasion of monarchical Kuwait. Opinion | How to shield Ukraine from America’s culture wars 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 that ousted dictator Saddam Hussein, Iraq has only played three competitive matches on home turf. Soccer fans hopeful ahead of Gulf Cup in Iraqi city of Basra 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z He chronicled the 1991 U.S.-led war to oust Iraqi forces from Kuwait and Saddam Hussein’s withering attacks to put down internal uprisings by Shiites and Kurds challenging his Sunni Muslim-led regime in Baghdad. Milton Viorst, writer who explored Mideast affairs, dies at 92 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z When Saddam Hussein’s Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, his government captured hundreds of foreign citizens to deter Western powers from intervening. In Hostage Diplomacy, It’s Often the Hostage-Takers Who Pay 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z When Saddam Hussein’s Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, his government captured hundreds of foreign nationals to deter Western powers from intervening. In Hostage Diplomacy, It’s Often the Hostage-Takers Who Pay 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z As the political climate under Saddam Hussein grew increasingly dangerous, she needed to get out of Iraq. Review | In Dunya Mikhail’s ‘The Bird Tattoo,’ Iraqi women are sold as slaves 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The stakes are high for the Kurds, who were big winners from the downfall of Saddam Hussein. An assassination, a feud and the fight for power in Iraq's Kurdistan 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Saddam Hussein and other regional leaders used poison gas, airstrikes and other tools of mass slaughter over the decades to suppress the Kurds. Turkish strikes on US Kurd allies resonate in Ukraine war 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z He remained fiercely political, outspoken in his support of the Persian Gulf War, and created a stir when he compared Saddam Hussein of Iraq to Hitler. Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Leading Light in German Letters, Dies at 93 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The Bush administration led the invasion of Iraq, which toppled longtime dictator Saddam Hussein but led to decades of death, chaos and violence there. Bush calls Zelenskyy ‘tough dude,’ says Ukraine can win 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Many speculated the former mid-level Khmer Rouge commander would feature his own mug on the timepiece in the narcissistic vein of autocratic leaders in the past, like Iraq’s Saddam Hussein or Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi. Watches, daggers and cricket ice cream: Asian summit treats 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Every previous prime minister since the U.S. invasion had lived in exile when Saddam Hussein held power and then had returned after he was toppled, but Mr. Sudani remained in Iraq. Iraqi Parliament Approves New Government After a Yearlong Delay 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Another historical reference point: Forty-two years ago, Saddam Hussein sent his army into Iran, expecting little resistance and easy territorial gains, only to see the invasion stall. Opinion | Putin is in Ukraine for the long haul. We must be, too. 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z The United States had just toppled the Taliban and Saddam Hussein, and its power seemed unmatched. Richard Haass to Step Down as Council on Foreign Relations Chief 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Two years later he was in Iraq, where he fought in Falluja, hunted down members of Saddam Hussein’s government and briefed intelligence and State Department officers on the deteriorating war. New Generation of Combat Vets, Eyeing House, Strike From the Right 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z He said that the area where the house is located was chosen as the site for an opera house under former president Saddam Hussein and up until 2015. Baghdad's historic homes crumble as real estate booms 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The Kurdish community had already taken root in Nashville when Nawzad Hawrami and his wife arrived in 1997, part of an evacuation of Kurds from northern Iraq as Saddam Hussein’s forces moved in. Building a New Life in an Unlikely Migrant Destination 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Saddam Hussein was a murderous, kleptocratic war criminal, just like Putin. Opinion | Why a negotiated peace with Putin is the safest way out 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z An editorial cartoon described in a campaign dispatch by the Times depicted Saddam Hussein gazing at himself and asking, “Magic mirror on the wall, who’s the most hated and feared leader of them all?” Jim Florio, New Jersey congressman and governor, dies at 85 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein launched a bloody eight-year war on Iran in which 1 million people were killed. Analysis: Latest Iran protests likely not last for Tehran 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z It also explores how “groupthink” at the agency led to the assumption that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, an intelligence failure that led to the Iraq War. The CIA renovated its museum. The public still can’t go see it. 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z It is the only place a visitor can see the gun found with Osama bin Laden when he was killed next to Saddam Hussein's leather jacket. CIA museum: Inside the world's most top secret museum 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Navy SEALs killed him in a raid of his Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound in 2011, and a leather jacket found with former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein when he was captured in 2003. U.S. CIA's in-house museum adds new spy exhibits 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z But it ushered in decades of instability, culminating in Saddam Hussein’s brutal rule and wars with his neighbors. Queen’s reign saw British leave Mideast with a mixed legacy 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The most serious test of his skill and stamina came in January 1991, when he arrived in Baghdad hoping for an interview with Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, whose forces had invaded Kuwait. Bernard Shaw, unflappable founding anchor at CNN, dies at 82 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z In that case, perhaps spurred by his obsession with Saddam Hussein, Bush was assertive, forceful and opportunistic in creating a coalition with a purpose — everything that was missing in his response to the Soviet Union. Gorbachev and Bush: The world's massive missed opportunity for peace 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z And when Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait, you realize you’re not safe and you have to start over again. Comedian Mo Amer knows the joy and pain of life as a Palestinian refugee in Texas 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Sistani, who has intervened decisively at crucial moments in Iraq's history since the U.S. invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, has no obvious successor. How a 92-year-old cleric silently halted Iraq's slide back into war 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z The enemy, whether Saddam Hussein or Vladimir Putin, is always the epitome of evil, the new Hitler. Ukraine, media censorship and the ruthless politics of permanent war 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Context: Iraq is a majority Shiite country, but Shiites faced years of harsh repression under Saddam Hussein. Your Wednesday Briefing 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Members of Iraq’s majority Shiite Muslim population were oppressed when Saddam Hussein ruled the country for decades. EXPLAINER: What spurred the bloody armed clashes in Baghdad? 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Iraq has had years of turmoil: It has suffered instability and seen the growth of powerful armed groups since 2003, when dictator Saddam Hussein was overthrown by a US-led invasion. Iraq: Tense calm in Baghdad after cleric issues appeal 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Foreign oil investors first came to Kurdistan in the era of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, when the region was considered more stable and secure than the rest of Iraq. EXCLUSIVE Iraqi Kurdistan's oil output could halve without investment - documents 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z This time, the fighting is among the Shi’ite majority that has ruled Iraq since the 2003 U.S. invasion which toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein. Rockets land in Baghdad's Green Zone after day of clashes - army 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z His Mehdi Army emerged as one of the most powerful militias which fought US and allied Iraqi government forces in the aftermath of the invasion which toppled former ruler Saddam Hussein. Moqtada al-Sadr: At least 15 dead amid fighting in Iraqi capital 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z This gives them the same sense of being undressed, caught in an embarrassing moment of revelation, like the toppled statue of Saddam Hussein. Review | In Philadelphia, a monument to end all monuments 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Iraq's 10-month standoff since the election is the longest stretch without a fully functioning government in the nearly two decades since Saddam Hussein was overthrown in a U.S.-led in 2003. Iraq's judiciary suspends activities as cleric Sadr fuels political crisis 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Iraq’s leader, Saddam Hussein, approached these oil-producing states for assistance, particularly Saudi Arabia and neighboring Kuwait, which Iraq felt directly benefited from its war with Iran. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Kuwait and the U.S. have had a close military partnership since America launched the 1991 Gulf War to expel Iraqi troops after Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded the country. US Air Force targeted in ‘propaganda attack’ in Kuwait 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Remember that, in the lead-up to war there, Americans were hammered with fearful and deceptive political messaging, emphasizing that only an invasion could stop that country's ruler, Saddam Hussein, from having WMD. Truth-telling, confession and first-class lies: Is moral clarity possible in Donald Trump’s America? 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Following the 2003 U.S. invasion to oust Saddam Hussein, there was a civil war, and then the takeover of large parts of the country by the Islamic State. A Power Struggle in Iraq Intensifies, Raising Fears of New Violence 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z They were secular activists, and they had planned their own protest in a place etched in the annals of the American invasion: Firdoos Square, where U.S. troops once pulled down a statue of Saddam Hussein. Baghdad gripped by protests as political rivals vie for power 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z He had alienated conservative Republicans by breaking his pledge not to raise taxes, and some faulted him for failing to remove Saddam Hussein from power during Operation Desert Storm. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Under Saddam Hussein, it became a center for Shiite resistance. In Baghdad’s Sadr City, cleric’s support underpins protests 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Under Saddam Hussein, the area became a center for Shiite resistance. In Baghdad’s Sadr City, cleric’s support underpins protests 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z The U.S. had just invaded Iraq, citing later-debunked claims of Saddam Hussein hiding weapons of mass destruction. Analysis: Iran now speaking openly on nuclear bomb prospects 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Blair broke with many European leaders to support U.S.-led contentions — contradicting U.N. arms inspectors — that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction. Christopher Meyer, British envoy to U.S. amid buildup to Iraq War, dies at 78 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z The Iraqis needed weapons, and the Reagan administration, wishing to assist the enemy of its enemy, had agreed to provide Iraqi president Saddam Hussein with money, arms, and military intelligence. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Sadr led an armed insurgency against the U.S. occupation of Iraq after American and international troops toppled Sunni Muslim dictator Saddam Hussein. Factbox: Iraq’s competing Shi’ite groups 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z The Sadrists have called for new elections and an end to the political system that has existed since the U.S.-led invasion which toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein. Baghdad braces for clashes as rival camps to stage protests 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Demonstrators demanded the removal of parties that have been in power since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, accusing them of rampant corruption that has stopped Iraq moving forward. Deadlock gives Iraq record run without government, hampering reforms 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z On social media, a trending hashtag referenced a quotation from Saddam Hussein that likened Turkey, unfavorably, to one of Iraq’s other powerful neighbors, Iran. Turkish strike kills at least 8 Iraqi tourists in northern resort 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Economic sanctions imposed on Iraq by the United Nations, and American attempts to foster internal revolts against President Saddam Hussein’s government, had further tainted the relationship. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Many Iraqis blame those groups for mismanaging the country since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein and catapulted Iraq's Shi'ite majority to power. Iraqi cleric Sadr's supporters throng Baghdad streets in show of strength 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Three of the most prominent prosecutions — against Slobodan Milosevic, Charles Taylor and Saddam Hussein — were brought against leaders who were out of power; no sitting president has ever been handed over to an international court. The many parties involved complicate war crimes investigations. 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z “It evokes the memory of those who made the sacrifice to give Kuwait its freedom from the tyranny of Saddam Hussein.” Planners break ground on Desert Storm memorial, aiming to open in 2024 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z He was a major backer of the 2003 invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein. John Bolton said he planned foreign coups. The global outcry was swift. 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Blix argued that while Saddam Hussein was not being entirely forthright, he did not appear to be in possession of WMDs. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z He, too, came to Britain as a refugee, fleeing Saddam Hussein in Iraq at 11 with his family. Hard Truths From Mo Farah Put Spotlight on U.K.’s Hard-line Migration Policy 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Mr Zahawi said he felt "lucky" to have had his parents with him when they were forced to flee from Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. Sir Mo Farah praised for discussing childhood trafficking trauma 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The association called the Gulf War “a powerful message of international unity and cooperation” when a coalition of forces from almost 40 countries joined together to oppose Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s illegal invasion of Kuwait. Groundbreaking set for Thursday for Desert Storm memorial 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z He was born in Iraq to a Kurdish family and came to the U.K. as a child when his parents fled Iraq under Saddam Hussein. Conservative contenders who could succeed Boris Johnson 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Claiming that Iraq’s president Saddam Hussein was building weapons of mass destruction, perhaps with the intent of attacking the United States, the president sent U.S. troops to Iraq as well in 2003. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z He was born in Iraq in 1967 and emigrated to Britain with his family in the 1970s when Saddam Hussein came to power. Who are the contenders to lead the Conservative Party if Johnson resigns? 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z "I didn't understand why we were fleeing Saddam Hussein, I knew he was a dictator, I knew he was bad," he said. Sir Mo Farah praised for discussing childhood trafficking trauma 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z He was born in Iraq in 1967, but he fled with his family to Britain in the 1970s when Saddam Hussein came to power. Nadhim Zahawi, the newly appointed chancellor, affirms his support for the prime minister. 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z President Bill Clinton's administration was meant to meet the humanitarian needs of ordinary Iraqis while preventing Saddam Hussein's government from boosting military capabilities. Why Russian oil price cap is easier said than done 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z In Iraq, the U.S. played a central role in forcing Saddam Hussein to give up his nuclear development program. No nukes? Ukraine-Russian war will shape world’s arsenals 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The step points to a deepening struggle for influence in the Shi'ite community that has been ascendant since the U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein two decades ago. Analysis: Sadr raises the stakes in struggle for Iraq 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z The rebels fought against the Iranian regime and that of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who used chemical weapons against Kurdish villages. Former Kurdish rebel has key role in Sweden’s NATO bid 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Under Iraq’s parliamentary system, established after a U.S.-led coalition toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, the president nominates a prime minister and cabinet ministers. Efforts to Form a New Government in Iraq Descend Into Chaos 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z While the United Nations was united in opposing Saddam Hussein's government, the body is divided over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which Russia calls a "special military operation". Why Russian oil price cap is easier said than done 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Most were looted after the Gulf War in the 1990s and then after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. Iraq’s ‘pearl of the south’ Lake Sawa dry amid water crisis 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Bush held off supporting an uprising against Saddam Hussein as his advisers warned Iraq would plunge into civil war without the strongman. Biden juggles principles, pragmatism in stance on autocrats 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Saddam Hussein was no Zelensky, but the Iraq invasion was, indeed, brutal and unjustified. When George W. Bush Confused Russia’s War in Ukraine With Iraq 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Sadr, the son of a revered Shiite cleric assassinated during Saddam Hussein’s regime, formed a militia in 2003 to fight American forces after the U.S. invasion of Iraq turned into an occupation. Efforts to Form a New Government in Iraq Descend Into Chaos 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z The bloc is intent on forming a majority government, which would be a first since a consensus-based power-sharing system was introduced following the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq to oust dictator Saddam Hussein. No way out as Iraq’s dangerous post-election impasse deepens 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z He was born in Iraq to a Kurdish family and came to the U.K. as a child when his parents fled Iraq under Saddam Hussein’s rule. Which Conservatives could succeed UK’s Johnson if he falls? 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Some show war’s action — a Palestinian with stone in hand confronts an Israeli tank; Korean refugees crawl over a shattered bridge, like ants; a statue of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein crashes to the ground. AP war photos: From Iwo Jima to the napalm girl and beyond 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z That includes the U.S. leading a 1991 international army to liberate Kuwait from invading forces of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein. Rainbow Flap: Biden Pride tweet draws objection from Kuwait 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z “If you come from an authoritarian country you’re used to Saddam Hussein,” Hartman says; by comparison, Trump never seemed particularly dangerous to Ali. How refugees are revitalizing American cities: A journalist's immersive book 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z When Saddam Hussein dumped millions of gallons of oil into the Persian Gulf, President George H.W. The Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z So much crude petroleum gushes from Iraq's vast oil fields that Saddam Hussein and subsequent weak Iraqi governments never bothered with infrastructure to exploit the natural gas escaping their wells. The world, with or without us: Increasing gas and oil production is a disastrously bad idea 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Members of the Iranian opposition group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, heavily armed by Saddam Hussein, stormed across the Iranian border from Iraq in a surprise attack. EXPLAINER: Who’s the Swedish doctor facing execution in Iran 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Doing that should help Kyiv regain access to global borrowing markets, much as Iraq did after the second Gulf War that overthrew Saddam Hussein, and speed up its reconstruction. EXCLUSIVE Top EU official backs multi-trillion plan to rebuild Ukraine 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z More than 50,000 British troops served in the war which followed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. Sarin gas blamed for Gulf War syndrome 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z “The U.S. Constitution must not become a casualty of our conflict with Saddam Hussein,” he said at the time. Norman Mineta, transportation secretary who helped create TSA, dies at 90 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Inasmuch as mines intend to interrupt and terrorize rural life in the Zagros, they remain successful long after Saddam Hussein’s withdrawal. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z A retired Iranian captain, Mehrdad, called Russia’s reasons for the war “ridiculous” and similar to those used by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to launch a bloody eight-year war on Iran in the 1980s. In Iran, Russia’s war on Ukraine is a political flash point 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z All enemies, from Saddam Hussein to Vladimir Putin, are the new Hitler. Pimps of war: Neocons who fueled 20 years of carnage in the Middle East are back for more 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003 that toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein, the selection of a president and prime minister after each election has been a long, slow process hampered by political deadlock. Iraq parliament fails to elect new state president over lack of quorum 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Albright has been sometimes criticized for her support of severe sanctions on Iraq during Saddam Hussein’s rule and her staunch backing of Western intervention in Kosovo. Albright acted as model, mentor for generations of women 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Britain and France dominated the skies over northern and southern Iraq and prevented Saddam Hussein’s jets from even taking off. Blocked Zelenskyy drops demand for NATO no-fly zone over Ukraine 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Called a snake by the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein, she sported a snake pin during a U.N. debate on Iraq. Albright fled the Nazis, climbed to the summit of diplomacy 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Removing Saddam Hussein from power, Kristol crowed, would "transform the political landscape of the Middle East." Pimps of war: Neocons who fueled 20 years of carnage in the Middle East are back for more 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z One favorite was a snake brooch, a reference to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein calling her an "unparalleled serpent." Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of state and feminist icon, dies at 84 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z She said she was first inspired by Iraqi media comparing her to an "unparalleled serpent" for her treatment of Saddam Hussein after the first Gulf war. Obituary: Madeleine Albright, the first female US secretary of state 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Bush's determination to oust Saddam Hussein by military force "was set last fall without a formal decision-making meeting or the intelligence assessment that customarily precedes such a momentous decision," that report found. Putin's massive miscalculation: Echoes of George W. Bush — and a lesson for America's elites 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z When Saddam Hussein marched into Kuwait in 1990, the US rallied the world to put boots on the ground to get him out. War in Ukraine: America is learning the art of humility 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The U.S. claimed to have evidence Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction though none were ever found. US, China officials to meet as tensions mount over Russia 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z The U.S. claimed to have evidence Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction though none was ever found. US, China officials to meet as tensions mount over Russia 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Many Iraqis see in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine echoes of Saddam Hussein’s invasion of neighboring Kuwait and subsequent years-long economic sanctions placed on Iraq. Ukraine war highlights internal divides in Mideast nations 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Second, the fragmentation of the post–Saddam Hussein political establishment and its incapacity to articulate policies that emphasized the country's national identity further nourished intercommunal distrust, thus deepening and widening the Sunni-Shia divide. Putin's massive miscalculation: Echoes of George W. Bush — and a lesson for America's elites 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Clinton also worked to keep peace between Saddam Hussein in Iraq and his neighbors. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was the West that sent troops to liberate Kuwait in the 1990-1991 Gulf War and defended Riyadh when late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. Saudi crown prince plays the oil card in quest for U.S. recognition 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z “Like President George H.W. Bush, who quietly but persistently rallied allies to support reversing Saddam Hussein’s occupation of Kuwait in 1991,” Republican pollster Whit Ayres told me. Opinion | Biden soars abroad while he rebuilds at home 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Many people suspected that the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, had plans to develop biological and nuclear weapons too. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Iraq was conquered and Saddam Hussein’s regime toppled in less than six weeks. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, the new world order looked a lot like a conventional war as America and her allies swiftly defeated Saddam Hussein with tanks on the battlefield and stealth fighters in the air. Peace for Ukraine will take sacrifices by Americans 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Within weeks, American forces were pulling down Saddam Hussein’s statue in Baghdad. Op-Ed: Russia's got 'shock and awe' down, but can Putin outlast Ukraine's resistance? 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Security Council, in which he made the case for war against Iraq, citing faulty intelligence information claiming Saddam Hussein had secretly stashed weapons of mass destruction. Russians scoff at Western fears of Ukraine invasion 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z In 2002, Saddam Hussein once again came under suspicion of developing weapons of mass destruction. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And, unlike the erroneous claims of evidence of Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction, Putin’s preparations for war are “out in the open.” U.S. warnings turn more dire about prospect for Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Security Council after the seven-month occupation of the emirate and U.S.-led defeat of Saddam Hussein's troops in the Gulf War, received a portion of proceeds from Iraqi oil sales. Iraq pays last chunk of $52.4 billion Gulf War reparations - UN 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z They also stoked baseless fears that Iraq’s secular dictator, Saddam Hussein, was collaborating with the religious extremists behind the Sept. 11 attacks, Al Qaeda. Why ‘Trust Us’ Is Often Reason Enough Not to Trust the Government 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Ms. Abd Al-Aziz, 25, is the first Black Iraqi employed on air at the state television’s news and information channels at least since the United States toppled Saddam Hussein almost two decades ago. A Black Iraqi’s Sudden Career in TV News: ‘They Wanted to See All Colors’ 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z After four weeks of fighting, Saddam Hussein’s government fell. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He is thought to have originally been an officer in former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's Iraqi army before joining the fight against the US after 2003 -initially with al-Qaeda before later joining IS. IS chief al-Qurayshi: Why getting him mattered so much to the US 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Al-Qurayshi began his militant work shortly after former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was removed from power. IS leader killed in US raid in Syria remains murky figure 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The MEK later fled into Iraq and backed dictator Saddam Hussein during his bloody eight-year war against Iran in the 1980s. Iran state TV shows dissidents’ images after apparent hack 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z In Iraq in the late 1990s, I saw malnourished babies in Baghdad hospitals and people lined up for blocks for food — while officials of Saddam Hussein’s regime still lived in palaces. Column: Can sanctions repel a Russian invasion of Ukraine? 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Few members of Congress on either side of the aisle were more blood-thirsty in their zeal to launch a war against Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein back in 2002. Look! Over there! War in Ukraine! 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z “In essence, Iran won this battle when we overthrew Saddam Hussein,” he said. Risk of U.S.-Iran shadow conflict in Iraq grows as Tehran-backed militias lash out, lose allies 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z Shi'ite groups have dominated Iraqi politics since the U.S.-led overthrow of Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003. Iraqi cleric's push to sideline Iran-backed factions risks clash 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z It also said planning and preparations for the country after the deposing of Saddam Hussein had been "wholly inadequate". 500,000 demand removal of Sir Tony Blair's knighthood 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z His father had worked as a security guard for an American nonprofit in Iraq when Saddam Hussein began targeting those working with the United States. Alida’s Bakery nourishes local Middle Eastern communities with bread and pastries that taste, and feel, like home 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Despite the affirmation, the elections, the fifth since Saddam Hussein’s fall in 2003, saw a record-low turnout of 41 percent that reflected Iraqis’ intense frustration with their leaders. Iraq Confirms Election Gains for Shiite Leader Seen as Potential U.S. Ally 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z In 1990, as the U.S. military planned an operation to expel the invading Iraqi army from Kuwait, officials received a sobering intelligence report: Saddam Hussein was probably in possession of anthrax and botulinum toxin. Beneath a Covid Vaccine Debacle, 30 Years of Government Culpability 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Shi'ite groups have dominated Iraqi politics since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003 that toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein. Iran seeks to cool tensions in Iraq 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z It was Saddam Hussein’s Iraq — difficult to get into and, once you were there, difficult and dangerous to explore beneath the surface. Reveling in the Joys of Books, and Reading, at a Baghdad Book Fair 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z Large parts of Iraq's infrastructure remain decimated by decades of war and sanctions under former ruler Saddam Hussein, and since the U.S. invasion of 2003 which unleashed civil war. Floods kill at least eight in northern Iraq 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z For Iraqis it’s the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s rule. Invasion Generation: Iraq's children of war come of age with little hope 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Iraq’s Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in August 1990 in a dispute over oil resources — justified by a claim that the neighboring emirate rightfully belonged to Iraq. Opinion | For world peace, this is the most threatening ‘ism’ 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Think Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction. Opinion | The enduring power of an independent voice 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z U.S. troops invaded Iraq in March 2003, toppling President Saddam Hussein and helping mold a political system that divided power and resources along sectarian lines. In attempt to ease pressure, Iraq announces end to U.S. ‘combat’ mission 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z A U.S.-led allied force invaded Iraq in March 2003, vowing to destroy the country’s weapons of mass destruction and end Saddam Hussein’s dictatorial rule. Months after Afghanistan, another U.S. combat mission signs off in Iraq 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z They don’t say Saddam Hussein wasn’t routinely shooting at the allied planes assigned to keep a safe space between him and his threatened neighbors. Opinion | Fred Hiatt led with wisdom, wit and a transfixing whisper 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The following year, and after a personal appeal from Richardson, Saddam Hussein freed two Americans who had been imprisoned for four months, charged with illegally crossing into Iraq from Kuwait. Richardson adds to diplomatic wins with journalist’s release 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Soon after, Richardson sat down with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to secure the release of two Americans detained after straying over the border from Kuwait. Rescuing American in Myanmar, former New Mexico governor scores again in despot diplomacy 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Unlike many of their parents who became refugees during Saddam Hussein’s era, this time the Iraqi Kurds are not fleeing war or genocide. Migrants Say Belarusians Took Them to E.U. Border and Supplied Wire Cutters 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z In 1991, 1.5 million Kurds fled Iraq into neighbouring countries as former President Saddam Hussein sought to punish them for rising up in the wake of that year's Gulf War. Poland-Belarus: How social media posts fuelled the migrant crisis 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z They don’t say that Saddam Hussein wasn’t a tyrant. Opinion | Fred Hiatt led with wisdom, wit and a transfixing whisper 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z “Putting pictures of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden next to a picture of a man who left three limbs on the battlefield — it’s worse than disgraceful, it’s reprehensible.” Max Cleland, Vietnam War veteran who led VA and served in Senate, dies at 79 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z “Putting pictures of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden next to a picture of a man who left three limbs on the battlefield – it’s worse than disgraceful, it’s reprehensible.” Max Cleland, Vietnam War veteran who led VA and served in Senate, dies at 79 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z From George III in Manhattan to Saddam Hussein in Baghdad to Robert E. Lee in New Orleans, one subset of citizens erected a statue to assert a story about a people. Review | Why knocking down statues is a tradition around the world 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Iraq's majority Shi'ites have dominated government since the U.S.-led overthrow of Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003. Baghdad deaths, injuries to be investigated amid election dispute -Iraqi news agency 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z They don’t say that Saddam Hussein wasn’t playing chicken with the West, pretending to have weapons he did not actually have. Opinion | Fred Hiatt led with wisdom, wit and a transfixing whisper 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z In the fall of 1990, after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait but before Operation Desert Storm was ready to take it back, the CIA needed to exfiltrate six American officers from the besieged embassy in Baghdad. Review | When the U.S. needed secret help in Iraq, who did it call? Poland, of course. 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Powell’s tenure was marred by his February 2003 U.N. address in which he cited faulty information to claim that Iraq’s Saddam Hussein had secretly stashed weapons of mass destruction. Memorial service in honor of Colin Powell set for Nov. 5 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Saddam Hussein hadn’t been part of the 9/11 attacks, but George W. Bush had made clear that countries that supported terrorism would also be on his target list. Opinion | Americans trust no one today as they trusted Colin Powell 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Security Council testimony in which the then-secretary of state vouched for the George W. Bush administration’s war-justifying claim that Iraq’s Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. Opinion | In honor of a complicated patriot, make Fort Powell a reality 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Powell urged caution and advocated imposing sanctions on Saddam Hussein’s regime rather than using military might. Colin Powell, Who Shaped U.S. National Security, Dies at 84 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Bush then appointed him chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, where he oversaw the ouster of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq from Kuwait in 1991. Colin Powell: A trailblazing legacy, blotted by Iraq war 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Instead, Powell spent his energy trying to persuade Bush and his aides that, if they were going to go to war with Saddam Hussein, they had to get United Nations approval first. Opinion | Colin Powell’s popularity may have contributed to his downfall 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z “We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction; he’s determined to make more,” Powell said. Opinion | Americans trust no one today as they trusted Colin Powell 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Powell’s was his United Nations speech in 2003 that gave gravitas and credibility to the false notion that Saddam Hussein had an active program to produce weapons of mass destruction. Opinion | How Colin Powell shouldered the special pride and burden of many Black ‘firsts’ 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z And he supported leaving a weakened Saddam Hussein in place as a bulwark against Iran and Syria. Colin Powell, Who Shaped U.S. National Security, Dies at 84 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Then — ever the team player — he agreed to lend his credibility to claims that war was necessary because Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Opinion | The enduring impact of Colin Powell 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z The suicide car bombing in the central Karradah district was the deadliest attack by a single bomber in the Iraqi capital after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein. World Digest: Oct. 18, 2021 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Bush in late 1990 to go big in using U.S. troops to reverse Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait. Iraq War role was a stain on Powell’s record — one he openly said he regretted 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z The U.S. and coalition forces overran Kuwait and southern Iraq, destroyed Saddam Hussein’s army, routed the Iraqi Republican Guard, dictated the terms of peace and killed tens of thousands of Iraqis. ‘Don’t feel sorry for me,’ Powell said as the end approached 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z “Leaving Saddam Hussein in possession of weapons of mass destruction for a few more months or years is not an option, not in a post-September 11th world,’’ Mr. Powell declared. Colin Powell, Who Shaped U.S. National Security, Dies at 84 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z In later years, however, Gen. Powell, along with other senior Bush administration officials, faced criticism for stopping the 1991 war after Kuwait was liberated, without advancing into Iraq and toppling Saddam Hussein. Colin L. Powell, former secretary of state and military leader, dies at 84 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z But, among other things, his reputation suffered a perhaps irreparable setback in his defense of going to war to overthrow Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Colin Powell, America's first Black secretary of State, dies at 84 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Powell oversaw the Persian Gulf war to oust the Iraqi army in 1991 after Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. ‘He lied’: Iraqis still blame Powell for role in Iraq war 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z In 2003, he gave a speech to the United Nations pushing faulty intelligence claims that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction, which were later revealed to be false. Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dies at 85 from COVID complications 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Just 18 months later, with Saddam Hussein toppled, Powell admitted that intelligence suggesting the Iraqi dictator had possessed "weapons of mass destruction", was almost certainly wrong. Colin Powell: From Vietnam vet to secretary of state 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Baher and his family are Marsh Arabs, the wetlands' indigenous population that was displaced in the 1990s when Saddam Hussein dammed and drained the marshes to flush out rebels hiding in the reeds. 'Our whole life depends on water': Climate change, pollution and dams threaten Iraq’s Marsh Arabs 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z An unusually unified Sunni Muslim bloc placed second, giving the minority sect perhaps its strongest leverage since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Analysis-Iraqi voters spurn Iran's allies, but Tehran could still fight for clout 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z The 2003 invasion toppled Saddam Hussein, a Sunni Muslim, and catapulted to power majority Shi’ites and the Kurds, who were oppressed under the autocrat. Iraq counts votes after lowest ever election turnout 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z "There can be no doubt," Powell told the UN, "that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more." Colin Powell, former general and secretary of state, dies at 85 from COVID complications 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z The election was the sixth held since the fall of Saddam Hussein after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Early results show record low turnout in Iraq election 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Units of Gen. Odierno’s 4th Infantry Division pulled off perhaps the signature moment of the Iraq War when they tracked down and captured Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on Dec. 13, 2003. Raymond T. Odierno, Army general who helped devise Iraq War strategy, dies at 67 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Soldiers of his 4th Infantry were involved in the capture of Iraq's deposed president, Saddam Hussein, in December 2003. Army general who commanded in Iraq dies of cancer at age 67 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Soldiers of his 4th Infantry were involved in the capture of Iraq’s deposed president, Saddam Hussein, in December 2003. Army general who commanded in Iraq dies of cancer at age 67 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Groups drawn from the Shi’ite Muslim majority are expected to remain in the driving seat, as has been the case since Saddam Hussein’s Sunni-led government was ousted in 2003. Soldiers, prisoners, displaced people vote early ahead of Iraq election 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z That balloting saw a turnout of only 44% of eligible voters — a record low since the U.S.-led invasion that topped Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Sunday’s vote in Iraq clouded by a disillusioned electorate 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Iraqis crave drastic change after years of conflict and corruption following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Iraqis to vote in ballot marked by growing social and political fractures 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The brigade’s first deployment to Iraq in 2003 culminated in the capture of the country’s fugitive dictator, Saddam Hussein, whom soldiers pulled from a spider hole in a small village. U.S. Troops Are Still Deploying to Iraq, Even as Afghan War Ends 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Back in 2000, Rasheed had fled Saddam Hussein’s regime to Canada, where she first started to campaign for women’s social and political empowerment. Braving intimidation, hundreds of Iraqi women run for parliament 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z However, when Saddam Hussein came to power in the late 1970s, his family came under threat. Nadhim Zahawi: Iraqi refugee to education secretary 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The 2003 invasion was based on what turned out to be a lie, that there was credible intelligence evidence that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had a stock of weapons of mass destruction. Analysis | After 9/11, a rush of national unity. Then, quickly, more and new divisions. 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z “I was pulled into an office and they told me that I was going to go to Iraq to cover Saddam Hussein’s election,” staff photojournalist Robert Gauthier said. L.A. Times photographers chronicle the effects of the war on terror 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z The "war on terror" was used as cover to invade Iraq, a sovereign nation, and depose their president, even though there was no connection of Iraq or Saddam Hussein to 9/11. From 9/11 to 1/6: What does "terrorism" look like? 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Then, America invaded, buoyed by false intelligence that Saddam Hussein was building weapons of mass destruction. For some refugees who came to the U.S. after Sept. 11, this is what life has been like Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein had been deposed a year earlier, when the Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Regiment, deployed to Ramadi in March 2004. A deadly month: The lives and stories of 22 Californians who died in one brutal month in the war on terror 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z His first deployment to Afghanistan came in 2003 as the U.S. began a second war, invading Iraq to topple the regime of Saddam Hussein. Seattle native Will Swenson, a Medal of Honor recipient, reflects on the war in Afghanistan now lost 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z But after Saddam Hussein’s defeat, the uniformed Iraqis disappeared, only to be replaced by insurgents who picked off GIs by ones and twos, and then melted into the nearby desert villages and towns. In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed He would go on to make a persuasive case before the United Nations for military action against Iraq, claiming that Saddam Hussein was building weapons of mass destruction. They were some of 9/11’s biggest names. Where are they now? 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Reporters relied on anonymous sources to suggest that Iraq’s president, Saddam Hussein, had stockpiled weapons of mass destruction. How 9/11 changed TV, art, sports, education, millennials, bigotry, country music, fiction, policing, love — and more Oscar Jimenez participated in the first U.S. invasion of Iraq during Operation Desert Storm, and the San Diego resident returned as coalition forces deposed Saddam Hussein. A deadly month: The lives and stories of 22 Californians who died in one brutal month in the war on terror 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z What had they done to deserve more pain and suffering after a long war with Iran, U.S. sanctions and Saddam Hussein’s brutality? 20 years after 9/11, an American Muslim recalls the war you didn't see on TV 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z “They would talk about how they might have expected torture and abuse from the Saddam Hussein regime, or one of the warlords, but they hadn’t expected it from Americans,” she said. In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed A specialist in heart and heart-lung transplants, he had once suffered a heart attack while working in the embattled Iraqi region of Kurdistan during the regime of Saddam Hussein. Gino Strada, Italian doctor who served patients through war and strife, dies at 73 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z “These weapons must be dislodged from Saddam Hussein, or Saddam Hussein must be dislodged from power,” Mr. Biden said. Congress’ Afghanistan hearings begin next week as Biden’s foreign-policy credentials stained again 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z In 1988, after Khomeini accepted a U.N.-brokered cease-fire, members of the MEK, heavily armed by Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, stormed across the Iranian border in a surprise attack. Iranian stands trial in Sweden for 1980s war crimes, murder 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z He wanted to escape the regime of Saddam Hussein. EXPLAINER: What happens when Olympics and politics collide? 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z The spokesperson also called into question U.S. credibility, alluding to U.N. testimony in which U.S. officials claimed that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction leading up to the Iraq War. China calls House GOP’s report on origins of COVID-19 ‘politically motivated’ 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Tens of thousands of antiquities disappeared from Iraq after the 2003 invasion that toppled leader Saddam Hussein. Iraq says U.S. to return 17,000 ancient artifacts looted after invasion 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Two years later, he went to Iraq and talked politics with Saddam Hussein. Qaddafi’s Son Is Alive. And He Wants to Take Libya Back. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z A U.S.-led coalition invaded Iraq in March 2003 based on charges that then-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s government possessed weapons of mass destruction. Biden, Kadhimi to seal agreement on ending U.S. combat mission in Iraq 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z During the first Gulf War, citizens from several countries trying to stop the invasion of Kuwait were taken hostage by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. French president honors US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990 led to more than a decade of sweeping U.S. trade sanctions and a severe decline in Iraqi infrastructure. Hospital Fires Outrage Iraqis, but They See Little Hope for Change 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z American forces suffered their worst losses in the province after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein turned into an American military occupation. After Years as a Battleground, Investment Boom Lifts Iraqi City 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z Then in 2004, after the fall of Saddam Hussein, he returned to Iraq for the first time. The daring escape sparked by one forbidden glance 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z The U.S. mission remains in Iraq nearly two decades after the ouster of Saddam Hussein to prevent a resurgence of the Sunni terror group Islamic State. Iraqi militias suspected in rocket attack that injures two U.S. troops 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Some of those close to Rumsfeld believed he was not as passionate about deposing the dictator Saddam Hussein as was his friend Cheney. Opinion | Rumsfeld seized the wheel of power — and steered us terribly into war 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z The heated emotions are shared by many in Iraq, where the name Rumsfeld is synonymous with the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein — and deaths, arrests and torture that followed. Among Iraqis, the name Rumsfeld evokes nation’s destruction 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z In particular, Rumsfeld wanted to use 9/11 as an excuse to take out Saddam Hussein. Donald Rumsfeld's death leaves behind a legacy of arrogance and violence 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Saddam Hussein was captured and executed, but no weapons of mass destruction were ever found. Donald Rumsfeld, Defense Secretary During Iraq War, Is Dead at 88 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z That job brought him face to face with Saddam Hussein as part of a U.S. effort to reconcile with the Iraqi leader. Donald H. Rumsfeld, influential but controversial Bush defense secretary, dies at 88 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z After the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, toppling its Sunni Muslim leader Saddam Hussein, Shi’ite parties aligned with Iran dominated state institutions and successive governments. ‘Old guard’ of Iraqi parties, militias dig in against a weak state 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z The authorization provided legal backing for the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the ouster of Saddam Hussein. Exclusive: GOP senators demand public hearings before voting to repeal Iraq War authorization 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z In 1983, for instance, Reagan named him his Special Envoy for the Middle East, which allowed him to meet with a good buddy: Saddam Hussein. Donald Rumsfeld's death leaves behind a legacy of arrogance and violence 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z There, on the remnants of an old military road forged by Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war, he waited for six hours. In Iraq’s iconic marshlands, a quest for endangered otters 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z In the wake of the Afghan invasion, Mr. Rumsfeld hoped to devise a similarly innovative war plan for toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq. Donald H. Rumsfeld, influential but controversial Bush defense secretary, dies at 88 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z And in 1996, as Saddam Hussein’s troops invaded their region, thousands of Iraqi Kurds were evacuated to Guam for visa processing and then permitted to enter the United States. Evacuate Afghans who helped Americans 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z “Saddam Hussein is no longer in power. The Iraqi government is democratic and working closely with the United States to confront security threats,” said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Maryland Democrat. Exclusive: GOP senators demand public hearings before voting to repeal Iraq War authorization 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z It has been jockeying for influence in Iraq with the United States since U.S. forces toppled Sunni Muslim dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003, empowering Iraq’s Shi’ites. Exclusive: In tactical shift, Iran grows new, loyal elite from among Iraqi militias 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z In scenes reminiscent of the fall of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, protesters used sandals to beat photos of militia leaders, and graffiti denounced the men as killers. In Iraq, powerful militias assassinate protesters with impunity 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Kurdistan is an autonomous region in northern Iraq, which was seeking recognition as an independent state after the United States invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein’s government in 2003. F.B.I. Asking Questions After a Pension Fund Aimed High and Fell Short 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z I was beaten by Saudi military police and later by Saddam Hussein's secret police when I was taken prisoner after the first Gulf War. Don't be fooled by Joe Biden: None of his big proposals will become reality — and he knows it 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Iraq was ravaged by war and U.N. sanctions under dictator Saddam Hussein which led to shortages of medicine and equipment. Enraged relatives say neglect caused deadly Baghdad hospital fire 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z The country’s health care system was devastated by more than a decade of international sanctions against Saddam Hussein starting in the 1990s. Fire at Baghdad hospital packed with COVID patients kills at least 82 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z We would help remove Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein by force. On January 6th, the U.S. became a foreign country 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z That was a lesson from Iraq in the mid-1990s, when more than half a million Iraqi children died of malnutrition because of sanctions that failed to curb Saddam Hussein’s power. Opinion | ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran Has Failed 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z In November 1990, as the United States prepared for the Persian Gulf war, Mr. Clark, who had criticized the American deployment of forces in the gulf, consulted with Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Ramsey Clark, Attorney General and Rebel With a Cause, Dies at 93 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z He also defended former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Ramsey Clark, attorney general under Johnson, dies at 93 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z In 2003, jubilant Iraqis celebrated the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime, beheading a toppled statue of their longtime ruler in downtown Baghdad and embracing American troops as liberators. Today in History 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Having been forced to act as a body double for one of Saddam Hussein’s sons, Latif Yahia gives an insider’s look at the life of the Iraqi tyrant. Movies on TV this week: April 4 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Soon after the U.S. troops arrived, I saw images of Saddam Hussein disappearing around the city. Celebrating Women Photographers: Carolyn Cole 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z He recounts how, during the televised trial of Saddam Hussein in Iraq in 2005, two Iraqi officials were murdered days after their names appeared in a document displayed on a screen in the courtroom. The UK professor and the fake Russian agent 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z In 2003, edging to the brink of war, President George W. Bush gave Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave his country. Today in History 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z The product description says that Saddam Hussein is “underneath” Bin Laden, suggesting the prop likely saw ample use on stage. Ted Nugent auctioning collection of custom guns, guitars 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein had it reconstructed with new brick walls and arches. Pope Francis Meets Iraq’s Top Ayatollah as Both Urge Peace 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z These included downplaying intelligence doubts that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, and implying he might even have a nuclear weapon, and asserting he was an ally of al-Qaeda. Who truly was the most dishonest president? 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z He called for cooperation among ethnic groups in the palace once used by autocrat Saddam Hussein. Pope Francis lands in Baghdad, beginning the first-ever papal trip to Iraq 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z After the 2003 ouster of Saddam Hussein, al-Sistani emerged as a powerful voice in Iraq’s political process — a symbol of the ascent of Iraq’s Shiite majority after the war. Shiite powerhouse al-Sistani helped shape today’s Iraq 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z After decades of dictatorship and more than a decade of sanctions, the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein sparked a security vacuum and the rise of Al Qaeda in Iraq. Francis Begins Visit to Iraq, in ‘Duty to a Land Martyred’ 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z The Iraqi marshes were known for being the stronghold of the resistance against Saddam Hussein’s regime, confronting his army in the early 1990s, during what was known as the Battle of the Marshes. 'Looking for a flamingo?': bird trafficking in Iraq – photo essay 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z Tolerated by former President Saddam Hussein but persecuted by al Qaeda and then Islamic State, Iraq’s Christians number around 300,000, one fifth of the total before 2003. In Iraq, pope to visit Mosul churches desecrated by Islamic State 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z He calmed the residents of Bnei Brak before the 1991 Persian Gulf war, assuring them that Saddam Hussein’s missiles would not harm them, despite the Iraqi despot’s threats to strike at metropolitan Tel Aviv. How the Pandemic Nearly Tore Israel Apart 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z The group was founded after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein. EXPLAINER: US airstrike in Syria sends message to Iran 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Iraq’s indigenous Christians are estimated to number around 300,000, a fifth of the 1.5 million who lived in the country before the 2003 invasion that toppled Sunni Muslim leader Saddam Hussein. In Iraq's Biblical lands, scattered Christians ask 'should I stay or go?' 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Christians were among groups targeted by militants amid the breakdown in security after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that overthrew Saddam Hussein. Iraq’s struggling Christians hope for boost from pope visit 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z But his visit was cancelled when negotiations with the government of then-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein broke down. Pope's visit to Iraqi Ziggurat to bring together several faiths - and hopefully lure more visitors 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z Iraq is still struggling to emerge from the chaos that followed the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein. NATO boosts Iraq mission with thousands of personnel 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Then, in a country under Saddam Hussein’s iron grip, the most joyous part of visiting was seeing families free of their worries for a few hours. In Beleaguered Babylon, Doing Battle Against Time, Water and Modern Civilization 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z In 2003, edging closer to war, President George W. Bush declared “the game is over” for Saddam Hussein and urged skeptical allies to join in disarming Iraq. Today in History 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z This year is the 30th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm, the military operation to drive Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Gulf War veteran John Nichol thought the war would be averted 2021-01-17T05:00:00Z In 1981, Israel suspected that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was looking to acquire a nuclear weapons capability. Why Iran’s nuclear facilities are still vulnerable to attack 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z As a manager, he led 16 different teams, including Iraq, where he worked alongside Saddam Hussein's son. The brilliant Brazilian loved by both Barca & Madrid 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Saddam Hussein, who saw himself as the successor to King Nebuchadnezzar, in the 1980s built a large palace overlooking the excavated remains. In Beleaguered Babylon, Doing Battle Against Time, Water and Modern Civilization 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Later presidents' homes certainly put FDR's Hyde Park in the shade and put one in mind of Saddam Hussein and his palaces. Can we save democracy from the two-party system? 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z In 2003, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein accused U.N. inspectors of engaging in “intelligence work” instead of searching for suspected nuclear, chemical and biological weapons in his country. Today in History 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z His troubles are a ground-level indicator of what economists say is the biggest financial threat to Iraq since Saddam Hussein’s time. Iraq, Struggling to Pay Debts and Salaries, Plunges Into Economic Crisis 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z It was four years after the 2003 invasion of Iraq that ultimately toppled Saddam Hussein. Relative of Blackwater victim in Iraq says pardons ‘unfair’ 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z It was four years after the U.S. invasion toppled Saddam Hussein. Blackwater’s Bullets Scarred Iraqis. Trump’s Pardon Renewed the Pain. 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z This month, Iraq’s army deployed there for the first time since the 2003 fall of Saddam Hussein. In a northern town brutalized by IS, Iraq tests its power 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z The 2007 killings in the Baghdad traffic circle were among many attacks, large and small, hitting civilians that served to turn even some initial Iraqi supporters of Saddam Hussein’s overthrow against Americans. Pardons in killings of Iraqi civilians stir angry response 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z President Trump may be pulled from a “spider hole” and hanged in the vein of Saddam Hussein if Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s prognosticator skills are as advertised. Trump will face Saddam Hussein-like fate, Iran’s Rouhani predicts: ‘Won’t be much better’ 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z As a Faili Kurd, he was not recognised as an Iranian citizen: the regime regarded the Faili as Iraqis who were expelled, as Chegeni’s parents were, by Saddam Hussein in the early 1980s. Fazel Chegeni wanted 'nothing but peace'. Instead he died alone in Australia's island prison 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z "How Bush and his junta succeeded in deflecting America's anger from bin Laden to Saddam Hussein is one of the great public relations conjuring tricks of history", he wrote. Obituary: John le Carré 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z In 1980 the Iraqi strongman, Saddam Hussein, tried to launch his country into the world of movie making. Saddam's bid to conquer Hollywood 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z But negotiations with the government of then-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein broke down and he was unable to go. Pope Francis to make risky trip to Iraq in early March 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z However, US government officials later called on Post again to help guide them in their decisions surrounding Iraq and Saddam Hussein. Jerrold Post: The man who analysed the minds of world leaders 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z He was in the Army stationed in that palace, when his commanding officer told him about the darndest thing: “You won’t believe this, Trotter. Saddam Hussein’s piano is in the basement.” Perspective | This couple hit their stride after years of hard work. Then covid-19 hit them. 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z In 2003, the world’s sole superpower invaded a medium-size Middle Eastern country, claiming it wanted to eliminate the country’s weapons of mass destruction and end Saddam Hussein’s regime. Opinion | When the World Seems Like One Big Conspiracy 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z This was unthinkable under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, when Shiite religious events were banned, and clerics were hounded from Iraq. From Iraq, an Intimate Glimpse of the Religious Holiday of Arbaeen 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z In 1981, in Iraq’s war with Iran, he sided with the Iranians against the entire Arab world backing Saddam Hussein - starting an alliance that would help save his son later. In ruins, Syria marks 50 years of Assad family rule 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z In 1981, in Iraq’s war with Iran, he sided with the Iranians against the entire Arab world backing Saddam Hussein — starting an alliance that would help save his son later. In ruins, Syria marks 50 years of Assad family rule 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z No, he found it in one of Saddam Hussein’s Baghdad palaces in 2004, where the rubble and carnage of the early years of America’s war on terror took a toll on Trotter’s mind. Perspective | This couple hit their stride after years of hard work. Then covid-19 hit them. 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Two months later, authorities foiled a plot linked to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to assassinate George H.W. Chaotic presidential transition brings vulnerability, security risks to nation 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z |
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