He was a brutal tyrant, but he remains an important symbol of strength for disillusioned Sunnis throughout the region. Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS) stand guard at a ...

BAGHDAD — Iraq announced on Monday that a high-level security officer during the rule of Saddam Hussein has been hanged for his involvement in the 1980 killing of a prominent Shiite cleric. The ...

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BAGHDAD, Iraq Saddam Hussein struggled briefly after American military guards handed him over to Iraqi executioners before dawn Saturday. But as his final moments approached and masked executioners ...

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been executed, according to Iraqi state television and other media outlets. Saddam had been sentenced to... Iraq Executes Saddam; Challenges Remain Former ...

Saddam Hussein has a long history of using violence to achieve political ends. Read a selective list of events from his life, including milestones... From his early days as a dangerous Baathist ...

In Iraq today, the government says that all legal requirements were adhered to in what was another grisly execution. But the head of Saddam Hussein's half-brother was accidentally severed from his ...

RIYADH (Reuters) - Leading Sunni Arab power Saudi Arabia on Saturday criticized Iraq's Shi'ite leaders for executing former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein during the Eid al-Adha religious feast, saying ...

08 January 2007 AMMAN -- The Lower House on Sunday condemned the timing and manner of the execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, as a group of deputies called for severing ties with Iran ...

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