ARTICLES RELATING TO SADDAM HUSSEIN

Syria to 'respond' to any Israeli strikes

2013-05-10 10:00

Syria has threatened an immediate response to any new Israeli strike, with its militant ally Hezbollah saying Damascus will provide "game-changing" weapons.

Bush 'comfortable' with Iraq decision

2013-04-25 10:09

Former US president George W Bush says he remains "comfortable" with the decision to invade Iraq, even in the midst of a new spate of bloody violence in Baghdad.

Iraqi forces hunt Saddam's former deputy

2013-04-18 18:32

Iraqi special forces are closing in on the most senior member of Saddam Hussein's inner circle still on the run since the 2003 invasion, security sources say.

Saddam's spectre lives on in landmarks

2013-03-18 15:15

A decade on from the US-led invasion, Iraqis still grapple with how much should be done to cleanse Iraq of traces of Saddam Hussein.

Syria's mobile missiles that sow terror

2012-12-13 21:34

The mobile, medium-range Scud missile, which US officials say Syria's embattled regime has fired on rebels, is a fearful, indiscriminate weapon with a bloody history in the region.

UK to help Iraq destroy WMD's

2012-07-31 07:56

UK experts are to train Iraqis to destroy the remaining chemical weapons left over after the Gulf war.

Robert Pattinson to hunt Saddam Hussein

2012-05-03 22:01

Robert Pattinson has signed up to star in Mission: Blacklist, a military thriller about the search for Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

Saddam music teacher jailed in Australia

2012-01-20 12:55

A former music teacher to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has been jailed for five years in Australia for terrorising two elderly women.

Last US troops leave Iraq as war ends

2011-12-18 07:09

The last US soldiers have rolled out of Iraq across the border to neighbouring Kuwait at daybreak, hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief.

Rear of Saddam statue fails to sell

2011-10-28 14:15

An English auction house says it has failed to sell a chunk of buttock from the toppled statues of Iraq’s ex-dictator Saddam Hussein.

Iraq recovers $216m from Saddam officials

2011-09-17 19:12

Iraq has recovered $216m in the past month from bank accounts overseas belonging to two Saddam-era officials, the country's anti-graft watchdog says.

Oscar buzz for Saddam Hussein film

2011-08-05 22:30

A movie about the son of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and his body double is generating significant awards buzz for its star Dominic Cooper, who plays dual roles.

Death penalty for Saddam-era spies

2011-04-21 17:33

Iraq's High Criminal Court has sentenced to death three Saddam Hussein-era spies convicted of assassinating the father of a sitting Iraqi lawmaker in Beirut in April 1994.

'Borat' to play Saddam Hussein

2011-01-21 08:31

Paramount has announced that Sacha Baron Cohen's next role will be playing Saddam Hussein.

'Chaotic' Saddam execution described

2010-12-06 16:05

A leaked US diplomatic cable describes the circumstances of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's execution, from guards telling him to "go to hell" to officials taking pictures.

Looted artefacts back in Iraq

2010-09-07 15:37

Hundreds of Iraqi artefacts looted from museums and archaeological sites across the country have been returned to Iraq.

Kelly death 'textbook suicide'

2010-08-22 13:49

The controversial death of the British government weapons inspector David Kelly was a "textbook case" of suicide, the pathologist who performed the autopsy has said.

US hands over Iraqi detainees

2010-07-14 17:10

The US has handed over Tariq Aziz and other detainees as they transfer authority of Camp Cropper over to the Iraqi government.

600 fired over Saddam links

2010-02-27 23:34

About 600 Iraqi security officers have been removed from their positions for alleged links to Saddam Hussein's regime.

British press shocked at Blair

2010-01-30 07:35

Britain's newspapers have expressed shock at Tony Blair's defiant insistence he had no regrets about removing Saddam Hussein.

Blair: 9/11 changed perceptions

2010-01-29 19:03

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has acknowledged that Saddam Hussein didn't become a bigger threat after 9/11 but says his perception of the risk posed by terrorists was changed by the attacks.

Blair braces for grilling

2010-01-28 12:27

Former British prime minister Tony Blair will face a public grilling on Friday over his decision to wage war on Iraq, seven years after a bloody conflict that still divides his country.

Weapons smuggling suspect held

2009-12-30 20:16

A man suspected of supplying former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein with a chemical weapons component has been arrested in Austria, an official says.

Mysterious Saddam TV channel

2009-11-29 21:33

Turning on their TVs during the long holiday weekend, Iraqis have been greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their brutal past: Saddam Hussein.

Iraq chemical weapons doubts

2009-11-25 21:08

British intelligence in the days ahead of the invasion signalled that Iraq did not have the capability to deploy chemical weapons.

 

Haunted by Iraq war, US cautious on Syria

2013-05-10 08:02

The Obama administration is treading cautiously on Syria after what it sees as Washington's past errors in the Iraq invasion and occupation, Vice President Joe Biden says.

Chemical trader to pay gas victims

2013-04-24 15:03

Dutch businessman, who sold Iraq's former regime chemicals that were used in deadly gas attacks against Kurds in Iraq and in Iran, has been ordered to pay €400 000 in compensation.

Iraq marks a decade since fall of Baghdad

2013-04-09 09:03

Iraq has marked a decade since US-led forces invaded Baghdad, ousting Saddam Hussein's regime, but the country remains plagued by deadly attacks and mired in political crises.

Iran nuke talks: Counter-offers discussed

2013-02-27 11:14

World powers and Iran are due to respond to offers presented by both sides in a final day of talks aimed at breaking a decade of deadlock over Tehran's nuclear drive.

Iraq moves to seal Saddam-era files

2012-09-26 12:01

The head of Iraq's national archives thinks Saddam Hussein's secret police's documents have been used for long enough, and is pushing legislation that would criminalise their release without consent.

Saddam's nephew seeks asylum

2012-06-22 22:31

A nephew of Iraq's late dictator Saddam Hussein has applied for asylum in Austria after he was arrested there with no legal documents.

Libya restores diplomatic ties with Iraq

2012-03-23 16:29

Libya has restored full diplomatic relations with Iraq and plans to send an ambassador to Baghdad more than eight year after cutting off ties, Iraq’s deputy foreign minister says.

Key dates in Iraq since US invasion

2011-12-18 07:21

US troops left Iraq and crossed into neighbouring Kuwait on Sunday, completing their withdrawal from the country and ending an almost nine-year campaign.

At least 17 die in Syria as deadline passes

2011-11-20 14:08

Activists say at least 17 people have been killed across Syria as an Arab League deadline for Damascus to stop its lethal crackdown on dissent expired.

Saddam's bronze butt up for sale

2011-10-12 22:48

A bronze buttock from the statue of late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, toppled in Baghdad after the US-led invasion in 2003, is to be auctioned in Britain.

Hunt for Gaddafi is on

2011-08-30 22:42

Libyan rebels are scouring the country for a fugitive Muammar Gaddafi.

US cost of war at least $3.7 trillion

2011-06-29 10:35

The final bill for the US wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq will run up to at least $3.7 trillion and could reach as high as $4.4 trillion, says a study.

Blair promised to back US on Iraq in 2002

2011-01-21 15:30

Former British prime minister Tony Blair promised he would back the US in taking action against Saddam Hussein almost a year before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, he has told an inquiry.

Saddam's half-brother apologises

2010-12-19 22:46

A half-brother of executed president Saddam Hussein has apologised to the Iraqi people for the dictatorial rule of his Baath party and charged ex-deputy premier Tareq Aziz was its architect.

Iraq's Tareq Aziz sentenced to death

2010-10-26 16:43

Iraq's supreme criminal court has found the country's former deputy premier Tareq Aziz guilty of "deliberate murder and crimes against humanity", and sentenced him to death.

Saddam's confidant: I'll die in prison

2010-09-05 18:54

The man who once served as the international face of Saddam Hussein's regime predicts he will die in an Iraqi prison, citing his old age and lengthy prison sentence.

'Obama leaving Iraq to the wolves'

2010-08-06 11:20

Saddam Hussein's leading lieutenant has accused the US of abandoning Iraq and leaving the country to the wolves, says a British newspaper.

Iraq keeps Saddam officers

2010-02-28 21:37

Iraq has branded as illegal an influential committee's recommendation that military officers loyal to executed dictator Saddam Hussein be fired.

Iraq officials meet over polls

2010-02-07 13:03

Iraqi lawmakers are gathering to debate a controversial decision to allow hundreds of candidates linked to Saddam Hussein's Baath party to compete in elections.

Blair: I have no regrets

2010-01-29 22:05

Former British prime minister Tony Blair has admitted that he has no regrets about the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, saying Saddam Hussein was a threat to the world.

Saddam was a monster: Blair

2010-01-29 15:05

Former British prime minister Tony Blair has told the Iraq war inquiry that Saddam Hussein had been a "monster" and he could not have been allowed to develop weapons of mass destruction.

'Chemical Ali' buried

2010-01-27 13:00

Dozens of Iraqis have gathered at the grave of "Chemical Ali" the notorious cousin and henchman of Saddam Hussein who was executed.

New mass grave found in Iraq

2009-12-19 14:20

A mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains dozens of bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi official said.

Hundreds honour Saddam

2009-11-27 22:14

Hundreds of Iraqis have gathered at the tomb of former dictator Saddam Hussein to commemorate the anniversary of his execution in 2006.

Inquiry hears of Iraq doubts

2009-11-25 17:44

Britain has heard that, days before invading Iraq, its weapons of mass destruction may have been unusable, a top official has told a public inquiry, adding the overall intelligence picture was patchy.

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