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War News Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Iraq Inquiry panel, headed by Sir John Chilcot, alongside Sir Roderic Lyne, a retired diplomat; the historians Sir Martin Gilbert and Sir Lawrence Freedman; and Baroness Prashar. (www.iraqinquiry.org.uk) From Times Online: British and American officials secretly discussed overthrowing Saddam Hussein two years before the invasion of Iraq, the public inquiry into the war was told today. On the opening...
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Filmstalker (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Iraq war films have begun, interestingly there haven't been as many films about Afghanistan as yet, but we haven't seen many about the regime behind Iraq, Saddam Hussein and his family. A new film is set to adapt the true story of the body double for Uday Hussein into a thriller. The film will look at how Latif Yahia, who looked incredibly like Saddam's son who became famous for his sadistic nature,...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Right-wing party Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) may demand the impeachment of the President Georgi Parvanov over an alleged letter to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Ivan Kostov, leader of DSB, which is part of the rightist Blue Coalition supporting the GERB government, said Monday that if it was proved that Parvanov in his capacity of a Chair of the Bulgarian Socialist Party sent a letter...
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Alternet (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Researchers looking at beliefs about al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein have made some surprising discoveries about why peopl
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Alternet (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Researchers looking at beliefs about al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein have made some surprising discoveries about why peopl
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PXDCO Reviews (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
Al-Qaeda in Iraq is suspected by US military officials of being behind the massive truck bombings in Baghdad during the week. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d19354').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) });
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 08/02/2009
Iraq's former Deputy Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz, was sentenced Sunday to 7 years in jail over the forcible resettlement of members of the Kurdish minority. In March 2009, the 73-year-old Aziz was sentenced to 15 years in jail over the killing of dozens of traders who broke the state controlled prices in 1992. His sentences will be combined to make a total of 22 years. ...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
Baghdad - On April 9, 2003, the world watched as a small crowd of Iraqis - assisted, off-camera, by US forces - pulled down a statue of Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad. A statue representing liberty replaced that monument in al-Ferdaus Square. ...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
Tikrit, Iraq - The Iraqi government on Tuesday banned organised visits to the grave of former leader Saddam Hussein, who was executed in 2006. The cabinet ordered the Ministry of Education and the provincial government of Salah al-Din province to pre...
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Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
Intelligence and Meglomania Saddam Hussein's FBI Interviews http://www.counterpunch.org/patrick07062009.html By PATRICK COCKBURN Saddam Hussein was questioned by the FBI during 20 formal interviews and at least five "casual conversations" over a four-month period from February to May 2004 after his capture by US troops in December 2003. Transcripts of the interviews were released last week...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
Pistol was held by the deposed Iraqi leader when Delta Force troops captured him in 2003 George Bush is not a man who does irony. It's not in his personal vocabulary. Take the exquisite irony behind the story of Saddam Hussein's gun. The weapon, a 9mm Glock 18C, was discovered by Delta Force special troops when they dug Hussein out of his fox hole outside Tikrit on 13 December 2003. The legendary...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
Saddam Hussein told his FBI interrogators that he had made a mistake when he destroyed Iraq's weapons of mass destruction without independent verification from United Nations inspectors.
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TYWKIWDBI (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
From unclassified FBI documents during his incarceration, his explanation that he faked having the WMDs in order to deter an attack by Iran: Jul 2, 2009 By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer ... Saddam falsely allowed the world to believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction - the main U.S. rationale behind the war - because he feared revealing his weakness to Iran , the hostile neighbor he considered...
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Open Source Information News (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Fingerprints of Saddam Hussein National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 279 Edited by Joyce Battle Assisted by Brendan McQuade Washington, D.C., July 1, 2009 - FBI special agents carried out 20 formal interviews and at least 5 "casual conversations" with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein after his capture by U.S. troops in December 2003, according to secret FBI reports released...
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Keep Tony Blair For PM (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Original Home Page All Contents of Site – Index Comment at end 3rd July, 2009 Excerpts: “The agent does, however, assert with confidence that the U.S. side had information that Iraq was maintaining or developing a WMD capability and cites “evidence” of continuing contact between Iran and al-Qaeda, seemingly implying an operational relationship.” And: “Saddam does...
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