An Iraqi poet gives a recital in praise of Saddam Hussein while a group of children carry his pictures over his grave in the village of Awja on April 28, 2008. Supporters of Saddam marked the anniversary of the executed Iraqi dictator's birth with poems and songs of praise by his grave in his native village of Awja. A few dozen Saddam relatives and loyalists participated in a small ceremony by his grave in a hall in the village near the central city of Tikrit, capital of Salaheddin province. Getty Images logo Getty Images 19 months ago

An Iraqi poet gives a recital in praise of Saddam Hussein while a group of children carry his pictures over his grave in the village of Awja on April 28, 2008. Supporters of Saddam marked the anniversary of the executed Iraqi dictator's birth with poems and songs of praise by his grave in his native village of Awja. A few dozen Saddam relatives and loyalists participated in a small ceremony by his grave in a hall in the village near the central city of Tikrit, capital of Salaheddin province.

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  1. In this photo taken Friday Dec. 4, 2009 , Ali 21, left, embraces his mother Fatima Mohammed Salih 58, right, for the first time in more than two decades in Halabja, Iraq, Ali survived a poison gas attack by Saddam's military in 1988 during the war between the two countries, He was found by the Iranian military, which had moved into Halabja after the gas attack and was adopted by Iranian family in Iran.
  2. In this photo taken Friday Dec. 4, 2009 , Ali 21, right, embraces his mother Fatima Mohammed Salih 58, right, for the first time in more than two decades in Halabja, Iraq, Ali survived a poison gas attack by Saddam's military in 1988 during the war between the two countries, He was found by the Iranian military, which had moved into Halabja after the gas attack and was adopted by Iranian family in Iran.
  3. In this photo taken Friday Dec. 4, 2009 , Ali 21, center left, with his mother Fatima Mohammed Salih 58, centre, and other members of his real family, for the first time in more than two decades in Halabja, Iraq, Ali survived a poison gas attack by Saddam's military in 1988 during the war between the two countries, He was found by the Iranian military, which had moved into Halabja after the gas attack and was adopted by Iranian family in Iran.
  4. A man and a woman watch the Saddam Channel at their home, showing the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, in his hometown of Tikrit, some 180 km (100 miles) north of Baghdad on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. The channel is broadcast on a satellite station that alternately calls itself "al-Arabi" ("An Arab") and "al-Lafeta" ("The banner"). It began broadcasting across the Arab world on Friday, the first day of Eid al-Adha, an important holiday of the Islamic calendar, and the anniversary of Saddam's execution by hanging three years ago.
  5. Iraqi men at a coffee shop watch the Saddam Channel, showing the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, in his hometown in Tikrit, some 180 km (100 miles) north of Baghdad on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. The channel is broadcast on a satellite station that alternately calls itself "al-Arabi" ("An Arab") and "al-Lafeta" ("The banner"). It began broadcasting across the Arab world on Friday, the first day of Eid al-Adha, an important holiday of the Islamic calendar, and the anniversary of Saddam's execution by hanging three years.
  6. This image taken from al-Lafeta TV channel on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein center pose with his sons Uday, left and Qusay right. The channel is broadcast on a satellite station that alternately calls itself "al-Arabi" ("An Arab") and "al-Lafeta" ("The banner"). It began broadcasting across the Arab world on Friday, the first day of Eid al-Adha, an important holiday of the Islamic calendar, and the anniversary of Saddam's execution by hanging three years ago.** IMAGE FROM TV - TV OUT.
  7. This image taken from al-Lafeta TV channel on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, reads in Arabic "raise your sword" next to a portrait of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. The channel is broadcast on a satellite station that alternately calls itself "al-Arabi" ("An Arab") and "al-Lafeta" ("The banner"). It began broadcasting across the Arab world on Friday, the first day of Eid al-Adha, an important holiday of the Islamic calendar, and the anniversary of Saddam's execution by hanging three years ago.** IMAGE FROM TV - TV OUT.
  8. Former British ambassador to the US Christopher Meyer leaves after giving evidence to the Iraq inquiry at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center, London Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. Meyer told an inquiry into the Iraq war that former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raised the issue of Iraq with the U.K. hours after the Sept. 11 attacks. He told the panel: "She said there's no doubt this was an Al-Qaida operation, we are just looking to see if there could possibly be any connection with Saddam Hussein." The comments are important because they suggest that the United States quickly tied the attacks with Saddam's regime.
  9. Former British ambassador to the US Christopher Meyer leaves after giving evidence to the Iraq inquiry at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center, London Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. Meyer told an inquiry into the Iraq war that former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raised the issue of Iraq with the U.K. hours after the Sept. 11 attacks. He told the panel: "She said there's no doubt this was an Al-Qaida operation, we are just looking to see if there could possibly be any connection with Saddam Hussein." The comments are important because they suggest that the United States quickly tied the attacks with Saddam's regime.
  10. An Iraqi woman watches U.N. weapons inspectors leave Saddam airport in Baghdad March 18, 2003. Weapons inspectors left Iraq by plane on Tuesday after the United Nations told them to cut short their hunt for hidden weapons of mass destruction ahead of a likely U.S.-led invasion. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic.
  11. U.S. Marine Corp Assaultman Kirk Dalrymple watches as a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down a 20-foot (six metre) high statue of President Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad on Wednesday and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years. In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis earlier took a sledgehammer to the marble plinth under the statue of Saddam. Youths had placed a noose around the statue's neck and attached the rope to a U.S. armoured recovery vehicle. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic.
  12. Iraq's former president Saddam Hussein is filmed after his capture in this footage released December 14, 2003. U.S. troops captured Saddam Hussein near his hometown of Tikrit, announced U.S. administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer on Sunday, in a major coup for Washington's beleaguered occupation force in Iraq. REUTERS/Handout.
  13. An Iraqi man suspected of having explosives in his car is held after being arrested by the U.S army near Baquba, Iraq, October 15, 2005. Iraqis headed to the polls in an historic referendum on Saturday, with up to 15 million eligible voters deciding on a controversial new post-Saddam Hussein constitution that its backers hope will unite the torn country. Amid intense security, including a ban on all traffic, voters flowed on foot to polling stations across Baghdad. REUTERS/Jorge Silva.
  14. The president of the Arab World Institute (IMA), Dominique Baudis (L), poses with Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, on November 18, 2009 during a visit at the institute in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
  15. The president of the Arab World Institute (IMA), Dominique Baudis (C) and Hero Ibrahim Ahmed (R), wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, on November 18, 2009 leave after a visit at the institute in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
  16. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani gestures as she visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.

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