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Departmental notes express concern about getting back the £5 million owed to Ireland in export payments.
“He was a bad guy — really bad guy. But you know what he did well? He killed terrorists. He did that so good.”
Tariq Aziz wasn’t hanged because the Vatican asked for a pardon as he was Christian.
The tomb was levelled during heaving fighting for Tikrit.
“Toppling Saddam was the easy bit from a western perspective.”
Meanwhile, Washington insists it is not ‘on the same page’ as Syria in their fight against Islamic State militants.
Conventional military action by America, along the lines of their previous tactics in Iraq, will be ineffective in defeating ISIS.
The only pilots with experience of the jets are those from Saddam Hussein’s air force.
Accompanied by Liam Lawlor, Haughey was there to arrange medical cooperation between the two countries.
In an exclusive interview with AFP, Mowaffak al-Rubaie talks about the process of putting the Iraqi dictator to death.
It was on April 9, 2003, that the 12-metre-tall statue of Saddam Hussein was pulled down from Firdos Square.
The US general led Operation Desert Storm during the 1991 Gulf War.
Tutu said the invasion of Iraq left the world more destabilised and divided than any other conflict in history and had “hardened hearts and minds of members of the human family across the world”.
A justice ministry spokesperson says Abid Hamid Mahmud was executed today “for genocide”.
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It is still unclear if the blast was caused by a suicide attacker or roadside bomb.
As violence in Iraq escalates, the already-fragile governing coalition is on shaky ground.
Obama didn’t try to declare victory in the decade-old war but applauded the “extraordinary achievement” of US troops in the region.
What happens when you’re the last dictator standing? You don’t get to share a Nando’s meal with friends, that’s what…
Former UN Goodwill Ambassador Aisha Gaddafi, who was part of Saddam Hussein’s legal defence team in 2003, gave birth to a baby girl in Algeria today.
Today British forces officially leave Iraq – after eight years of armed conflict that deeply divided opinion across the world.
The weekly newsmagazine is releasing a special issue to mark the death of Osama bin Laden – the latest in the ‘X series’.
3,520 days between the September 11 attacks and bin Laden’s death – with up to a million civilian deaths in between.
Ali G, Brüno and Borat star will play fictional version of Iraqi leader, using best-selling romance novel as inspiration.
Blair reappears at the Chilcot Inquiry to explain why he ignored legal advice concerning the invasion of Iraq – and why he believed the “calculus of risk” has changed in a post-9/11 world.
A high tribunal in Iraq passes the sentence for one of Hussein’s most trusted deputies for involvement in killing Shiites.
American claims win $400m pay-out.
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