Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein Wrote His Memoirs In Jail

Posted 05.29.2012

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Saddam Hussein wrote his memoirs in jail, and his eldest daughter Raghad Saddam Hussein is looking for an international publisher for them, according ...

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Let's Take War Off the Table

Scott Blakeman | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Iran, President Obama, Nuclear Weapons, Memorial Day, Peace, War, Saddam Hussein, Politics News

Mindless threats and meaningless bluster will not bring the world closer to peace. We must finally embrace the reality that leaders of countries, especially undemocratic ones, will do anything to stay in power.

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Osama bin Laden and the Morality of Celebrating Death

Kevin Hansen | Posted 05.02.2012

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Osama bin Laden's death meant that Americans had one less evil to fear in the world. Most of the youth at the White House were not celebrating the death of a human being, but rather a long-awaited return of their belief in American exceptionalism.

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Obama Can't Use Bin Laden but Bush Could Use Saddam and 9/11 -- Really?

Dee Evans | Posted 05.01.2012

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Republicans have used national security like a 2-by-4 to the heads of Democrats for decades but the first time a Democratic president tries to use it, everyone's asking -- is it appropriate?

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Independent Voter or Independent Poser? Take the Test

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 04.23.2012

As with many things in life, when it comes to being an independent voter, actions speak much louder than words. If your actions show that you are a party loyalist, then embrace it. If your actions show that you are an independent voter, then embrace it.

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A Blatant Cover-up of Corrupt Practices at the Federal Reserve by Its "Independent" Inspector General

Robert Auerbach | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Mark Bialek, Wright Patman, Bob Woodward, J.L Robertson, Bill Proxmire, Saddam Hussein, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ron Paul, Barney Frank, Girard Bank, Arthur Burns, Ben Bernanke, Henry Reuss, The Washington Post, Business News

Chairman Burns' stonewalling to keep the Fed from being caught in the Watergate scandal was extreme undue political interference. Inspector General Mark Bialek's report bypasses this information that was made available to him.

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Video Appears To Show Fugitive Saddam Deputy

AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 04.08.2012

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BAGHDAD — A video posted online Saturday purports to show Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the highest ranking member of Saddam Hussein's ousted regime s...

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Fed Cleared Of Wild Allegations Related To Saddam, Watergate

Posted 04.03.2012

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By Dave Clarke and Margaret Chadbourn The Federal Reserve did not help the Watergate burglars get cash, stonewall congressional inquiries in th...

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Dictator's Survival Manual

Imran Garda | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Hosni Mubarak, Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, Strongmen, Dictators, Humor, Satire, Comedy, Comedy News

No costumes. This isn't Mardi Gras. Gaddafi was the last of the costume-wearers; they're over. Wear a suit and tie. And shave, for heaven's sake.

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The End of Pan-Arabism Redux

Dr. Michael Sharnoff | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Syria, Egypt, Islam, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Saddam Hussein, Middle East, Tunisia, Arab Nationalism, Islamists, Islamism, Hosni Mubarak, Libya, Pan-Arabism, Muammar Gaddafi, World News, Arab Spring, World News

Islam -- not Marxism, socialism, nor liberalism or nationalism -- is the only authentic ideology indigenous to the Arab world. Unlike the West, the Arab world has not undergone a reformation separating religion and state, and religion continues to play a major role in Arab society.

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Thank You for Stealing Saddam's Buttock

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 03.21.2012

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Those stories you hear about the foreign troops who pillaged and pilfered Iraq, the seat of ancient Mesopotamia -- those stories don't do justice to what we have learned from the tale of Nigel Ely. He's taught us things that only Saddam's buttock could have imparted.

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A Short Washington History of Iranian Blowback

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 03.19.2012

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In more than 50 years, America's leaders have never made a move in Iran (or near it) that didn't lead to unexpected and unpleasant blowback. Now, another administration in Washington is preparing yet another set of clever maneuvers.

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An eBay Battle For Saddam Hussein's Ladle

www.nytimes.com | Posted 03.04.2012

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The eBay listing: Saddam Hussein Palace Christofle Soup Ladle Malmaison. Starting price: $100. The French-made silver serving piece had already rac...

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The Other Way to Have Deposed Saddam Hussein

Eliot Daley | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Iraq War, Democracy, Arab Awakening, Arab Spring, Saddam Hussein, Iraq, World News

Who is to say that the Iraqi people, left to their own devices, would not have followed the lead of their brethren in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya in deposing intolerable leaders with seemingly unshakable control of their countries?

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Iraq War in Retrospect: Toppling Saddam Not Worth the Cost

Michael Hughes | Posted 02.27.2012

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The fact we have the military might to conquer the world matters not when our economic backbone is on the verge of snapping. As Dwight D. Eisenhower once said: "How far can you go without destroying from within, what you are trying to defend from without?"

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Are There Limits to Forgiveness?

Michael Sigman | Posted 02.26.2012

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I love Buddhism and I'm all for forgiveness among us flawed humans. But only after unrepentant mass murderers who outstrip every definition of evil Webster's can muster are, to paraphrase President Obama, taken off the field.

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Nouri al-Maliki Is Becoming A New Saddam, Iraqi VP Says

Foreign Policy | URI FRIEDMAN | Posted 12.23.2011

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Shortly before a wave of 15 bombings ripped through Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing more than 60 people, Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi wa...

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Sacha Baron Cohen Issues Dictator Statement On Kim Jong Il's Death

Posted 02.18.2012

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You knew Kim Jong Il was a murderous autocrat who indulged his appetites for fine food and other luxuries while his people starved, but did you know h...

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Last U.S. Troops Whoop, Fist-Bump Their Way Out Of Iraq

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 02.17.2012

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KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait — The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border into neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fis...

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Welcome Home, Troops!

DeeDee Garcia Blase | Posted 02.17.2012

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Our troops are withdrawing during a time in which many in our nation feel broken and down trodden. Welcome home, Iraqi troops. We missed you and we love you.

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Saddam's Dishes Seized From U.S. Art Organization

Posted 12.15.2011

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The art world has seen a surge in cultural patrimony cases in recent months as countries work to build bridges by returning significant works to their...

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A War We Never Should Have Waged

Joe Cirincione | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Iraq Veterans, Saddam Hussein, Central Intelligence Agency, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Iraq, Neoconservatives, Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News

The Iraq War is the greatest strategic blunder in American history. It cost our nation $1 trillion, the lives of thousands of our finest warriors, an...

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Stolen Saddam Hussein Items Returned

AP | Posted 12.15.2011

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NEW YORK -- Authorities in New York City say the United States is giving the Iraqi government stolen dinnerware once used by Saddam Hussein. Federal ...

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Sacha Baron Cohen's Craziest Move Yet

Posted 02.13.2012

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Sacha Baron Cohen is a brave, brave man. He's already goofed the world with his characters on "Da Ali G Show," and caused cultural ruckuses with "B...

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Sacha Baron Cohen Spoofs The Middle East

Posted 02.12.2012

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