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Saddam Hussein fell. Then violence in Iraq spiralled
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, Adel Amer celebrated what he thought marked the end of two decades of war and isolation under...
Followers of Iraq's Sadr pray at Saddam-era parade ground
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTens of thousands of followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr prayed on Friday at an iconic...
From the archives | Ruthless reach for power: Dictator has a long history of violence
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis story originally published on Aug. 3, 1990. It is being republished as part of the...
Two decades after Saddam's fall, Iraqis still haunted by disappearances
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen he first heard that U.S. troops had toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraqi engineer Hazem Mohammed...
Dec. 13, 2003: A look back at the capture of Saddam Hussein
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNearly 20 years ago the world saw the fall of a dictator: On Dec. 13, 2003, U.S. forces captured...
On This Day, Dec. 13: U.S. troops capture Saddam Hussein
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOn Dec. 13, 2003, Saddam Hussein, the deposed Iraqi president, was captured by U.S. troops in a...
New ‘Call of Duty’ Trailer Teases a Conspiracy Between Saddam Hussein and George H.W. Bush
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoCall of Duty is going full Gulf War. In a reveal trailer released Tuesday, Microsoft has officially...
How Colonel Nasser created the Middle-Eastern ‘dictators’ club’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAs Baghdad correspondent for The Telegraph after the fall of Saddam Hussein, I hired “Colonel...
Shock and awe: Robert Fisk’s dispatch as bombs rained down on Baghdad
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFROM THE ARCHIVE: The Iraq war began 20 years ago with a night of bombing on capital Baghdad – and...
Explainer: What's driving the power struggle in Iraq?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA power struggle in Iraq between the influential Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Sadr and Iran-backed Shi'ite...