On This Day: U.S. troops capture Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein, the deposed Iraqi president, was captured by U.S. troops in a small underground hideout southeast of his ...
Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal
Slender shoulders, a limp handshake and soft-spoken lisp. Those were the most vivid memories from my meeting with Bashar al ...
Opinion
How Jim Leach got it right on his most important vote, on Iraq | Opinion
Greg Ganske, Jim Leach's Republican Iowa colleague in Congress in 2002, reflects on their diverging votes on the Iraq war resolution.
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December 13, Saddam Hussein captured in Iraq
On Dec. 13, 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a hole under a farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq, near ...
As Assad Prepares Last Stand, His Ally Iraq Rules Out Military Intervention
"Everything that is happening in Syria is directly related to Iraqi national security," an Iraqi official told Newsweek.
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Assad’s collapse fractures Iranian axis, but ensuing chaos could batter rest of region
He cited the civil wars that followed the toppling of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in 2003 and Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. One senior Western diplomat in the region, who spoke on ...
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"Yooo that's so crazy,” "Bad juju" - Fans react to Joe Rogan holding Saddam Hussein's hat in viral moment
The pair engaged in a conversation that saw McPhee hand Rogan a hat purported to belong to late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. It led to a viral moment that left fans jaw-dropped. Rogan was given ...
AFP on MSN9d
Statue of former Syrian president toppled in Hama
A statue of former President Hafez al-Assad, the father of Syria's current ruler Bashar, was toppled in Hama after ...
Reuters6d
Assad's fall in Syria weakens Iran but may fuel Islamist resurgence
He cited the civil wars that followed the toppling of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in 2003 and Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. One senior Western diplomat in the region, who spoke on ...
Analysis-Assad's exit shatters Iran's influence but risks Islamists' rise in Syria
Assad, after rebel forces swept into Damascus this weekend, shattered Iran's network of influence in the Middle East but ...
The Gazette6d
Assad's exit shatters Iran's influence but risks Islamists' rise in Syria
He cited the civil wars that followed the toppling of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in 2003 and Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. One senior Western diplomat in the region, who spoke on ...