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They are images and scenes of joy in Baghdad for which we have all longed ... foot on the pavement and spitting out one word – “Saddam”. Flames consuming the Olympic Committee’s ...
After bombing Saddam Hussein's New Presidential Palace today, the US Army swept ... While the Pentagon says US troops are not occupying Baghdad, the Army settled in -- at least temporarily ...
A towering statue of Saddam Hussein was today pulled to the ground in a symbolic act against the dictator's oppressive regime. Working together in the heart of Baghdad, US marines helped crowds of ...
A top Iraqi official says Saddam Hussein will be executed before 6am on Saturday, Baghdad time, 3am GMT. Members of Iraq's parliament and families of Saddam Hussein's victims will witness the ...
Iraqi television showed footage of what it said was President Saddam Hussein visiting residential areas of Baghdad on Friday. Saddam, dressed in a military uniform, was mobbed by cheering ...
The veteran Middle East correspondent witnessed the fall of Saddam and narrowly escaped death ... recounts his experience of reporting from Baghdad. swissinfo caught up with Tilgner while he ...
Carr has a knack for getting attention with acts of dramatic symbolism: As an Army major in Iraq in 2003, he organized a Hanukkah celebration at the palace of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein ...
Tens of thousands of supporters of a Shiite cleric rallied Thursday at a main downtown square in Baghdad to protest ... at Firdous Square, where Saddam Hussein's statue was toppled on April ...
political and religious reasons — something especially true since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 toppled Saddam Hussein, who launched a war against Iran in the 1980s. Baghdad has been ...
When Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein rolled his tanks into Kuwait and a horrified world looked on in impotence, they called him the Thief of Baghdad. But having disarmed world opinion by promising ...