Learn how Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq with an iron fist for ... invasion—and lost both his power and his life. As a young man, Saddam participated in a botched assassination attempt against ...

The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA ... He had always been a great reader, of course, and as a young man attempting to prove himself among older Ba’ath revolutionaries, he had developed ...

He had been in hiding for eight months, and footage of the capture showed a dishevelled man with a long black beard. Saddam ...

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 ...

The footage of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein crawling out of a hole in the ground in 2003 is iconic. Now, 20 years later, the man who dug that hole tells the fantastical story of how he ...

A golden assault rifle from one of Saddam Hussein's palaces is going on display for the first time. The AK-47 is thought to have been gifted to someone by the Iraqi dictator. The weapon is part of ...

The collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime, following the US-led invasion, prompted Dr Saleh al-Atabi to flee to Britain and seek asylum Credit: INA/EPA The Ba’ath party was used by Saddam to ...

Moqtada al-Sadr has taken the side of anti-government protesters in Iraq When the Americans launched the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in ... a little-qualified young Shia cleric called ...