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 ...
Long feared by locals, the putty-coloured compound that housed the jail cells and interrogation chambers where Saddam Hussein's Baath ... those deemed a threat to Baghdad's Sunni-dominated ...
القصر الجمهوري ') is a palace in Baghdad, Iraq, constructed on the orders of King Faisal II. It was Saddam Hussein's preferred place to meet visiting heads of state. The United States ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi man who was filmed attacking Saddam Hussein's statue with a sledgehammer when U.S. troops stormed into Baghdad in 2003 said Iraq was in a better shape under his rule ...
Wait, wait. Don’t shoot!’” While deployed in Iraq, he came upon a piano while encamped in one of Saddam Hussein’s private palaces. He was encouraged to play the piano —whose ivory pieces ...
(JTA) — Near the start of the Iraq War in 2003, David Goldstrom found himself leading a Yom Kippur service for about 50 soldiers in one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces in Tikrit, Iraq.
Reflections on a recent visit to Baghdad. Much has changed and ordinary life has resumed in Iraq's capital, but deep ...
The elder Bush’s most significant accomplishment, however, may very well be a decision he didn’t make: authorizing a U.S. invasion of Baghdad to remove Saddam Hussein from power. It’s ...
Military action against Iraq would start with US-led bombing raids on President Saddam Hussein's palaces and other symbols of his regime, a British Sunday newspaper said. In a bid to convince ...
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein appeared on television early Thursday morning, characterizing the U.S.-led military campaign as "criminal acts" and saying his nation would be victorious. "These days ...
Hundreds of Russians left Baghdad on Thursday in anticipation ... On his part, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said on Thursday President Bush would be committing an act of "absolute stupidity ...