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  • July 2008

    • US Removes Last of Saddam's Uranium From Iraq

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 6, 08 9:53 AM CDT

      US Removes Last of Saddam's Uranium From Iraq

      A secret US mission to remove 550 metric tons of concentrated uranium known as “yellowcake” from Iraq came to a close yesterday as the material arrived in Canada, AP reports. In an operation that quelled concerns over the yellowcake falling into insurgency hands, 37 flights took the remainder of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program to a British territory in the Indian Ocean before it was shipped 8,500 miles to Montreal. More »

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      Iraq  • Canada  • nuclear weapons  • Saddam Hussein  • uranium

  • June 2008

    • Cigar Woes Snare Another Politician

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Jun 24, 08 2:40 PM CDT

      Cigar Woes Snare Another Politician

      London's mayor found out yesterday that he is “the one and only Western politician to be brought to justice for crimes committed in Iraq.” Boris Johnson's misdeed? Taking a cigar case as a souvenir from the smashed villa of Iraq’s former deputy prime minister while on assignment as a journalist in 2003, the Times of London reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Great Britain  • England  • Tony Blair  • Saddam Hussein  • war crimes  • justice  • Tariq Aziz

    • Post-Saddam, Bodybuilders Let 'Er Ripple

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 10, 08 12:21 PM CDT

      Post-Saddam, Bodybuilders Let 'Er Ripple

      Iraqi bodybuilders have long needed nerves of steel to pump iron. Under Saddam, only officially connected Iraqis could join gyms, and the average weightlifter was forced to use makeshift equipment. But after Saddam, a flood of Iraqis seeking lucrative security jobs hit the gyms. The result? Extremists began targeting bulging biceps for working for Americans. More »

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      Iraq  • steroids  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • Saddam Hussein  • Sylvester Stallone  • bodybuilder  • weight lifting

    • Bush, Advisers Misled US on Iraq: Senate Report

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jun 5, 08 2:19 PM CDT

      Bush, Advisers Misled US on Iraq: Senate Report

      The Bush administration distorted facts in justifying the invasion of Iraq and overstated Saddam Hussein’s links to al-Qaeda, a long-delayed report from the Senate intelligence committee concludes. Bush and his advisers also ignored doubts about Iraq’s possession of weapons of mass destruction in constructing their case for military action, Reuters reports. More »

  • May 2008

    • Saddam Feared AIDS During Captivity

      newser  |  Daily Mail (UK)  |  May 6, 08 12:47 AM CDT

      Saddam Feared AIDS During Captivity

      Saddam Hussein worried about catching AIDS and other venereal diseases during his US captivity, the Daily Mail reports. He even told guards not to dry their clothes on his laundry line. "I explained to them that they are young and they could have young people's diseases," Saddam wrote in prison diaries that were published today by a pan-Arab newspaper. More »

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      Iraq  • prison  • disease  • AIDS  • Saddam Hussein  • captivity

  • April 2008

    • Saddam Aide Begins Trial in Baghdad

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 29, 08 4:16 PM CDT

      Saddam Aide Begins Trial in Baghdad

      The trial of Saddam Hussein’s former deputy prime minister began today in Baghdad, the New York Times r eports. Tariq Aziz could get the death penalty for ordering the 1992 execution of more than 40 Iraqi merchants accused of price-gouging. The judge, however, has adjourned until May 20 because of the absence, for health reasons, of fellow defendant Ali Hassan al-Majid, aka “Chemical Ali." More »

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      Iraq  • Saddam Hussein  • war crimes  • Chemical Ali  • Ali Hassan al Majid  • executions  • Tariq Aziz

    • Sadr Threatens to End Truce

      newser  |  CNN  |  Apr 8, 08 3:02 PM CDT

      Sadr Threatens to End Truce

      Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr today threatened to end the cease-fire he imposed last year on his Mahdi militia, CNN reports, and called off a massive protest set for tomorrow, the fifth anniversary of the end of Saddam Hussein’s rule. Hundreds had converged on Baghdad—despite orders to keep young men out—before Sadr called off the event. More »

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      Iraq  • US military  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Sunni  • Mahdi Army  • Saddam Hussein  • Sadr City  • Shia  • Iraq Civil War  • Sadrists

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  • December 2007

    • Iraqis Mark Saddam's Death

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Dec 30, 07 9:51 AM CST

      Iraqis Mark Saddam's Death

      "There is no life without the sun and no dignity without Saddam," read graffiti in the former Iraqi leader’s hometown of Tikrit today, the first anniversary of his execution. Small groups of mourners came to his tomb to praise Saddam Hussein’s accomplishments, reports Reuters, amid tightened security in anticipation of attacks by die-hard supporters. More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • Saddam Hussein  • execution  • Tikrit

    • Saddam's Love Boat Sets Sale

      newser  |  New York Post  |  Dec 26, 07 2:37 PM CST

      Saddam's Love Boat Sets Sale

      Saddam Hussein’s secret pleasure super-yacht can be yours—yes, yours!—for just $34 million. Moored off the French Riviera, away from the pesky bombers that destroyed the late dictator's other yacht, the Ocean Breeze was put up for sale last week by a British brokerage firm, the New York Post reports. The lucky buyer gets both a floating palace and a veritable fortress. More »

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      Saddam Hussein  • luxury  • French Riviera  • yachts  • yachting

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