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Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

  1. Now MP claims 'intelligence' on WMDs came from the back of a taxi
    Democratic Underground logo Democratic Underground 7 hours ago

    Source: Daily Mail (UK) Was Iraqi cabbie the source of the dodgy dossier? Last updated at 2:22 AM on 08th December 2009 Gossip from an Iraqi taxi driver was a key source for Tony Blair's 'dodgy dossier'. Full Article at Democratic Underground

  2. Defense Solutions Holding, Inc. / DFSH Appoints Kassem Talabani to Lead Business Efforts in Iraq
    Street Insider 8 hours ago

    EXTON, Pa. , Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Defense Solutions Holding, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DFSH), announced the appointment of Iraqi national Kassem Talabani to lead business development activities in Iraq. Full Article at Street Insider

  3. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago
    An undated photo shows Uday Saddam Hussein (R) meeting with Iraqi football coach Emanuel Baba, known as Ammo Baba. Ammo Baba, an Iraqi Armenian died on May 28, 2009, in the northern city of Dohuk from ill health.

    An undated photo shows Uday Saddam Hussein (R) meeting with Iraqi football coach Emanuel Baba, known as Ammo Baba. Ammo Baba, an Iraqi Armenian died on May 28, 2009, in the northern city of Dohuk from ill health. View Photo »

  4. 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...
    Jack Straw – Jack Straw SOURCE: New Statesman 5 days ago
  5. Gossiping taxi driver source of Iraq 45-minute WMD claim
    Times Online logo Times Online 10 hours ago

    An Iraqi taxi driver who overheard two military commanders talking about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction was allegedly the “intelligence sub-source” quoted in the Government’s dossier to prove that chemical missiles could be fired in 45 minutes,... Full Article at Times Online

  6. Was Iraqi cabbie the source of the dodgy dossier? MP's report claims 'intelligence' on Saddam's WMDs came from back of a taxi
    Daily Mail - UK logo Daily Mail - UK 12 hours ago
    Dodgy dossier

    Revelations: Adam Holloway said senior officials told him a cabbie claimed Saddam had long-range missiles Gossip from an Iraqi taxi driver was a key source for Tony Blair's 'dodgy dossier'. Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

  7. Double negatives and double meanings in war strategy
    The National Newspaper logo The National Newspaper 14 hours ago

    The inquiry into the Iraq war continues in London. Full Article at The National Newspaper

  8. AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago
    A woman cries beside the tomb of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, seen in portrait at left, in his home village of Ouja, near Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 28, 2009.

    A woman cries beside the tomb of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, seen in portrait at left, in his home village of Ouja, near Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 28, 2009. View Photo »

  9. SADDAM HUSSEIN DEATH SENTENCE
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  10. Baghdad calmer _ and quieter _ with club crackdown
    KansasCity.com logo KansasCity.com 15 hours ago

    Baghdad calmer _ and quieter _ with club crackdown By BRIAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer Hadi Mizban An Iraqi singer and musician carries his keyboard outside al-Madheef nightclub in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Full Article at KansasCity.com

  11. Baghdad calmer _ and quieter _ with club crackdown
    The State logo The State 16 hours ago
    Iraq Club Crackdown

    The raids on unlicensed nightclubs and liquor stores began in November when Baghdad's governor, Salah Abdul-Razzaq, announced a campaign that has a mix of vice squad, morality police and tax collector. Full Article at The State

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About Saddam Hussein

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Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي Ṣaddām Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī; April 28, 1937 – December 30, 2006) was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979 until April 9, 2003. Full Article

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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.
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  1. 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. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

    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.

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  2. 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. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

    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.

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  3. 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. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

    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.

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  4. 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. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

    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.

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  5. 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 Pictures 2 weeks ago

    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.

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  6. U.S. Marine Corp Assaultman Kirk Dalrymple watches as a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. Reuters Pictures 2 weeks ago

    U.S. Marine Corp Assaultman Kirk Dalrymple watches as a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad April 9, 2003.

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  7. Iraq's former president Saddam Hussein is filmed after his capture in this footage released December 14, 2003. Reuters Pictures 2 weeks ago

    Iraq's former president Saddam Hussein is filmed after his capture in this footage released December 14, 2003.

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  8. 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. Reuters Pictures 2 weeks ago

    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.

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  9. 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. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

    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.

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  10. 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. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

    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.

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  11. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani gestures as she visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

    Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani gestures as she visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris.

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  12. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani gestures as she visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

    Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani gestures as she visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris.

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  13. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

    Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris.

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  14. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R) visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

    Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R) visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris.

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  15. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (C) visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

    Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (C) visits, on November 18, 2009 the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris.

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  16. Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani poses, on November 18, 2009 during a visit at the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

    Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani poses, on November 18, 2009 during a visit at the Arab World Institute (IMA), in Paris.

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  17. Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Iyad al-Samarrai speaks to the press in the parliament building in Baghdad on November 18, 2009. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

    Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Iyad al-Samarrai speaks to the press in the parliament building in Baghdad on November 18, 2009.

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  18. Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Iyad al-Samarrai speaks at the media center in the parliament building in Baghdad on November 18, 2009. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

    Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Iyad al-Samarrai speaks at the media center in the parliament building in Baghdad on November 18, 2009.

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  19. Iraq's President Jalal Talabani, right, is welcomed by French Senate President Gerard Larcher Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009, in Paris, during his first state visit to France that caps efforts at rebuilding bilateral ties more than six years after Paris spurned the war to oust Saddam Hussein. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 weeks ago

    Iraq's President Jalal Talabani, right, is welcomed by French Senate President Gerard Larcher Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009, in Paris, during his first state visit to France that caps efforts at rebuilding bilateral ties more than six years after Paris spurned the war to oust Saddam Hussein.

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  20. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani salutes at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, during his first state visit to France, on November 17, 2009. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

    Iraqi President Jalal Talabani salutes at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, during his first state visit to France, on November 17, 2009.

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  21. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, left, salutes as a war veteran stands near, at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, during his first state visit to France, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

    Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, left, salutes as a war veteran stands near, at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, during his first state visit to France, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.

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  22. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, center, reviews French Troops at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, during his first state visit to France, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

    Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, center, reviews French Troops at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, during his first state visit to France, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.

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  23. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, center, salutes at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, during his first state visit to France, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

    Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, center, salutes at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, during his first state visit to France, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.

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  24. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, center, reviews French Troops at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, during his first state visit to France, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

    Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, center, reviews French Troops at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, during his first state visit to France, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.

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  25. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, arrives for a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, during his first state visit to France, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

    Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, arrives for a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, during his first state visit to France, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.

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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.

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  1. What he was trying to do was to draw the lessons of 9/11 and apply them to the situation in Iraq. which led - I think not inadvertently but deliberately - to a conflation of the threat posed by Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. When I heard that speech, I thought that this represents a tightening of t...
    SOURCE: Asian Leader 1 week ago
  2. The threat that Saddam could deploy WMD within 45 minutes was fundamental to the government’s argument that Iraq presented an imminent danger. This evidence proves what has long been suspected – that intelligence was cherry-picked or dismissed to support the case the government wanted to make.
    SOURCE: Press and Journal 1 week ago
  3. We never found evidence linking him (Saddam] closely to al-Qaeda and we didn't believe that he was in any way behind the 9/11 bombings. We never found any evidence that chemical or biological material had been passed by the Iraqi regime to terrorists.
    SOURCE: The Scotsman 1 week ago
  4. Our view was that there was no evidence to suggest serious collaboration of any sort between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's regime
    SOURCE: ABC Online 1 week ago
  5. They put more weight on some of the links... than we did but our view was there was no evidence to suggest serious collaboration of any sort between Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's regime
    SOURCE: The Daily Telegraph 1 week ago
  6. Given McIntosh’s logic, should America put up a statue of Saddam Hussein because he was an ally of the U.S. in the 1980s when we supported Iraq in a war against Iran?
    SOURCE: Gateway Pundit 1 week ago
  7. We heard people in Washington suggest that there might be some link between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. We never saw any evidence of it, but the tone of voice was more 'if there turns out to be any link between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden that is going to have major implications for Iraq ...
    SOURCE: Irish Independent 1 week ago
  8. The focus didn't shift to regime change. It shifted to the weapons of mass destruction problem. In the case of Iraq, in order to deal with [this] problem, you would probably end up having to push Saddam Hussein out of power.
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 week ago
  9. I have only one fear ... It is that the Americans will realise at the last moment that attacking Iraq and overthrowing Saddam Hussein is not in their own best interests.
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 week ago
  10. we heard people in Washington thought there might be some link between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden ... I don't think we saw any evidence of it.
    SOURCE: CTV 1 week ago
  11. The focus didn't shift to regime change. It shifted to the weapons of mass destruction problem which, in the case of Iraq, in order to deal with the weapons of mass destruction problem, you would probably end up having to push Saddam Hussein out of power
    SOURCE: BreakingNews.ie 1 week ago
  12. The tone of voice was more if there turns out to be any link between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, that is going to have major implications for Iraq and Saddam Hussein.
    SOURCE: BreakingNews.ie 1 week ago
  13. We heard people in Washington suggest that there might be some link between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. We never saw any evidence of it, but the tone of voice was more 'if there turns out to be any link between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden that is going to have major implications for Iraq ...
    SOURCE: The Telegraph 1 week ago
  14. the focus didn’t shift to regime change, the focus shifted to WMD. In order to order to deal with the WMD problem in Iraq, you would probably end up having to push Saddam out. That was the sequence of events. It wasn’t hopping straight to regime change.
    SOURCE: The Telegraph 1 week ago
  15. This region has seen too many conflicts, like the Iran-Iraq war, invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, and the war that led to ouster of Saddam Hussein. We cannot afford more conflicts in the region.
    SOURCE: Middle East North Africa Financial Network 2 weeks ago
  16. During the winter of 2002-03, there were fears in London that several factions might compete for power if Saddam Hussein fell, and that violence or moves towards civil war were possible
    SOURCE: The Telegraph 2 weeks ago
  17. History will record that Saddam was among the most brutal and evil tyrants of the Middle East. This is something we must not forget as Iraq attempts to establish a new society, one that guarantees freedom and fundamental human rights.
    SOURCE: MSNBC 2 weeks ago
  18. Daioleslam is an unsavory character, said by multiple sources to be affiliated with the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, or MKO) — a terrorist group (classified as such by the State Department) with close ties to the Saddam Hussein regime.
    SOURCE: Commentary 2 weeks ago
  19. The United States has a special relationship with the Kurds in that it had become their defender after the first Gulf War and in some ways their protector during the latter part of Saddam Hussein’s regime.
    SOURCE: Voice of America 3 weeks ago
  20. The Kurds were forced to leave during the period Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq and then after the American invasion, a huge number came back ... And of course the Sunni Arabs accused the Kurds of exaggerating the numbers because they harbored the ambition of annexing it to the Kurdistan Regional Government ...
    SOURCE: Voice of America 3 weeks ago
  21. Saddam was one person. . . . Now each person of the new Iraq government, I mean the officials, each of them wants to be Saddam
    SOURCE: McClatchy 3 weeks ago
  22. This means we're halfway down the road to the end of the free press in Iraq, which was one of the few gains from the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. And what makes this so menacing is that not even Saddam tried this ploy [of suing for defamation in the courts] to stifle reporting on Iraq, which after all s...
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 3 weeks ago
  23. This means we're halfway down the road to the end of the free press in Iraq, which was one of the few gains from the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. And what makes this so menacing is that not even Saddam tried this ploy [of suing for defamation in the courts] to stifle reporting on Iraq, which after all s...
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 3 weeks ago
  24. I came to Iraq three days after Saddam Hussein fled Baghdad. It was April 12, 2003. At the time, Iraqis bristled when asked if they were Sunni, Shiite or Kurd. It made no difference, they said, they were brothers. And, in the heady aftermath of the war, for a short while it almost seemed true.
    SOURCE: Huffington Post 3 weeks ago
  25. Saddam decided to withdraw his armed forces completely from Iran, deploying them along the international border between Iraq and Iran.
    SOURCE: The Nation 3 weeks ago
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