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Chemical Ali moved to Baghdad in preparation for his execution

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:19:14 GMT

The man who carried out Saddam’s order to gas the Kurds was recently transferred from an American detention facility in southern Iraq to a temporary jail at Baghdad airport in anticipation of his execution.
Source: Times Online

New world disorder: The age of uncertainty

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:08:33 GMT

How will the world remember this century's first decade, which is now drawing to an end? For once alliteration works well.
Source: The Independent

Controversy, of course!..What did you expect?: Anothr view on Afghanistan by Guest Columnist - Patrick T. S. from Dallas.

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:48:11 GMT

Regarding the posting below on Afghanistan, can't say I disagree with you, other than perhaps saying that I'm not sure we should have ever gone in there or Iraq.
Source: Town Hall

Iraqi reunited with mother 20 years after Halabja gas attack

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:25:37 GMT

AFP - A young Iraqi man has been reunited with his mother 20 years since being taken to Iran as an infant after surviving the notorious Halabja chemical attack by Saddam Hussein's forces.
Source: France 24

Drought hits Iraq

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:10:59 GMT

With experts warning that Iraq is entering its third successive year of drought, concerns are being raised at the economic and political fall-out, writes Salah Hemeid A protester sets fire to a mask representing former British prime minister Tony...
Source: Al-Ahram Weekly

Letter from Kurdistan

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:17:03 GMT

Over twenty one years ago, the Saddam regime attacked the town of Halabja with chemical weapons, instantly poisoning to death 5000 men, women and children, mostly civilian.
Source: Mideast Youth

Ex-UN inspector condemns Blair, Bush on Iraq

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:14:08 GMT

LONDON - George W. Bush and Tony Blairs conviction that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was a threat blinded them to the lack of evidence justifying a war to depose him, an ex-UN weapons inspector said Saturday.
Source: Khaleej Times

Kirkuk, Iraq's simmering melting pot

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:30:28 GMT

Reporting from Kirkuk, Iraq - Across a bleak desert landscape dotted with blazing oil fires on the northern edge of this ancient city, new houses are rising from the sands -- thousands of them in neat rows, mostly unfinished save for their gray...
Source: Los Angeles Times

Quoted in 'The great survivor'

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:20:03 GMT

Jack Straw said in New Statesman:

I don't want to give a running commentary on the evidence, but, when the time comes, I will give my evidence robustly. I will advocate and defend the position that we took. Iraq is now an emerging democracy. Would it have been better if Saddam had stayed? He could have stayed there if he'd complied. But he didn't.

Quoted in 'Czech Intelligence Reveals Iraqi Plot To Attack RFE/RL'

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:14:42 GMT

Saddam Hussein said in GlobalSecurity.org:

gave his secret service instructions to violently disrupt the Iraqi broadcasting of Radio Free Europe and provided significant financial resources for the operation.

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:46:00 GMT

A Lebanese man walks past a shell-pocked building covered with posters of parliamentary election candidates, as well as one of Iraq's late dictator Saddam Hussein (L), on his way to a polling station in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli on June...

Photo from AP Photo

Sun, 31 May 2009 16:13:53 GMT

In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, with a painting of Jesus Christ, top left, and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, top right, late Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi, bottom left, and former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, bottom right, Palestinian pa...

WMD The Murderous Reign of Saddam Hussein

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