In the pantheon of bloodthirsty dictators, Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein has almost been relegated to the dustbin of history. He’s remembered as part of the now-quaint-seeming “axis of evil,” for ...

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‘The Achilles Trap’ offers a new look at Saddam Hussein’s relationship with the U.S. The 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq was based on the allegation that the country’s dictator, Saddam Hussein, had weapons ...

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In “The Achilles Trap,” Steve Coll paints the demise of the Iraqi dictator as a tragedy of misperceptions on both sides. A U.S. marine with a statue of Saddam Hussein in downtown Baghdad in 2003, ...

On April 26, a devastating explosion tore through Iran’s bustling port city of Bandar Abbas, claiming 57 lives and injuring over 1,200 people. The blast was centered at the Shahid Rajaee port, Iran’s ...

Saddam Hussein may have lost his life today. But he really died on Dec. 13, 2003. That was the day he was found by U.S. forces, hiding in a hole on a relative’s farm outside his hometown of Tikrit. No ...

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I asked a friend, a diplomat in Moscow, about the scale of Russian losses in Ukraine. He replied that discussing this matter is forbidden, and that the figure is considered a state secret. Russia is ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A subdued Saddam Hussein was led shackled into a hall early on Saturday in Baghdad, a noose was placed around his neck and a guard pulled a lever that swiftly ended his life and a ...