Saddam's Secrets: How an Iraqi General Defied and Survived Saddam Hussein
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
British and American officials secretly discussed overthrowing Saddam Hussein two years before the invasion of Iraq, a public inquiry into the war was told today.
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
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...
Mass Media News (Free subscription) | yesterday
BBC News Iraq inquiry told of 'clear' threat from Saddam Hussein BBC News The UK government "distanced itself" from talk of removing Saddam Hussein in early 2001 despite concerns about his... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
People Daily (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Iraqi authorities broadcasted on Sunday a video showing three of Saddam Hussein's Baath party members confessing to have planned massive truck blasts that killed and wounded more than 600 people in central Baghdad last month. Qassim Atta, spokesman of Baghdad Operation Command, told reporters at a press conference aired by the official channel of Iraqia that the three confessed their role in committing...
dispatches from TJICistan (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
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rc3.org (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Saddam lived in fear of a coup mounted by the Republican Guard. His solution was to create the Special Republican Guard, whose main remit was to protect him against coups particularly from the Republican Guard. You would think that the head of this outfit would be a fearsome figure who would terrify [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russians began taking down their statues of Josef Stalin, the mass murderer who killed millions of people. Astonishingly,...
KyiMayKaung (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/saddam-hussein-430440.html
Welcome Back to Pottersville (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
There are many reasons why, despite having an all too typical spineless centrist Democrat in the White House, we should be more grateful than ever that George W. Bush is still not occupying it. Presidential term limits denied us the excitement of seeing yet another Diebold/ES&S/Sequioa/Karl Rove-rigged election that would’ve resulted in a third term for one who had to be the most surreally...
The Orstrahyun (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
November 2000 : Saddam Hussein announces Iraqi oil will be priced in euros, not US dollars. March 2003 : Mid-2003 : Iraq's oil goes back to being priced in US dollars, not euros. November 2009 : “The idea that an oil company was participating in the drafting of the Iraqi Constitution leaves me speechless” 100,000 to 1 million : Number of Iraqis estimated to have been violently killed during...
Filmstalker (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
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,...
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
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...
BennyHollywood (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
http://www.alternet.org/media/143731/many_still_believe_that_saddam_hussein_was_... President Obama has had a hard time dislodging misperceptions about his health care proposal — those stubborn beliefs that there are death panels and free care for illegal aliens that don't actually exist in the legislation.
Minstrel Boy (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Many Still Believe That Saddam Hussein Was Behind 9/11, and Now We Have Some Idea Why | Media and Technology | AlterNet : "President Obama has had a hard time dislodging misperceptions about his health care proposal — those stubborn beliefs that there are death panels and free care for illegal aliens that don't actually exist in the legislation. Recent research about the way people defend...
Alternet (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Researchers looking at beliefs about al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein have made some surprising discoveries about why peopl
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