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  Saddam Hussein - Simple English Wikipedia
Saddam Hussein was born in the village of Al-Awja, in the Tikrit district of Iraq, to a family of sheep-herders.
Saddam supervised the modernization of the Iraqi countryside, the mechanization of agriculture on a large scale, and the distribution of land to farmers.
Hussein is not a surname in the Western sense.
simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saddam_Hussein   (5904 words)

  
 Saddam lawyers 'left in the dark'
Saddam Hussein has been allowed two meetings with his lawyers since his capture in December 2003.
A spokesman for the legal team, Issam Ghazzawi, said recent pictures of Saddam Hussein in his underwear that appeared in the British Sun newspaper showed that the former Iraqi leader's basic human rights were being violated.
However, Saddam Hussein's lawyers insist he is innocent of all the crimes of which he is accused - from the gassing of the Kurds to the murder of women and children found in mass graves in southern Iraq.
www.infowars.com /articles/iraq/saddam_lawyers_left_in_dark.htm   (374 words)

  
 U.S. pledges probe into Saddam prison pictures - Boston.com - Middle East - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Washington promised an investigation on Friday into how pictures of Saddam Hussein in his underpants were splashed across the front-page of Britain's biggest-selling daily newspaper.
Saddam is expected to stand trial next year on charges of genocide, torture and crimes against humanity.
The newspaper said the pictures were taken at a top secret location where Saddam was being held in a 12 by 9 foot (3.6 by 2.7 meter) cell, watched 24 hours a day on closed circuit television by special forces and military police.
www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/05/20/pictures_show_saddam_hussein_in_his_underwear   (577 words)

  
 SADDAM CAPTURED
12/14/03 Bush Greets Saddam Capture as 'Enchanting Day' - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a major coup for his beleaguered Iraq campaign, President Bush on Sunday reveled in the capture of Saddam Hussein as an "enchanting day" for the Iraqi people and final proof their long-time leader was gone...
12/14/03 Saddam Was 'Dishevelled and Had Long Beard' - US raiders were not certain at first they had Saddam when they pulled a bearded man from a hole in a Iraq cellar, but soon were able to determine it was Saddam Hussein.
The U.S. military announced that a bearded Saddam was detained without resistance in a hole in a farmhouse cellar near his hometown of Tikrit, ending one of the most intense manhunts in history....
www.cyberpaperboy.com /SADDAM.html   (2854 words)

  
 WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New York News, Weather, Sports & Traffic: Tabloid Shows Saddam In Undies
"Saddam Hussein and his regime were bloody and practiced mass killing against the people, therefore, whatever happens to Saddam, whether he is photographed naked or washing his clothes, it means nothing to me. That's the least he deserves," said Hawre Saliee, a 38-year-old Kurd.
Saddam could go on trial by the end of the year for charges that include killing rival politicians during his 30-year rule, gassing Kurds, invading Kuwait and suppressing Kurdish and Shiite uprisings in 1991.
Pictures and video images of Saddam being examined by a medic after his arrest were widely criticized.
cbsnewyork.com /topstories/topstories_story_140075551.html   (1475 words)

  
 The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » Why we shouldn’t be showing pictures of Saddam in his skivvies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
We shouldn’t allow pictures of Saddam Hussein in his skivvies to be taken and they shouldn’t be shown.
That taking pictures of him in his underwear and then allowing those pictures to be published in a newspaper is a failure to protect him from public curiosity would appear to be self-evident.
That Saddam Hussein is vile and loathsome is irrelevant.
theglitteringeye.com /?p=1050   (1327 words)

  
 CBS 2 / KCAL 9: Your Source For Southern California's Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports: More Saddam Photos ...
Saturday's pictures included one of Saddam seen through barbed wire wearing a white robe-like garment, and another of Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as "Chemical Ali," in a bathrobe and holding a towel.
Saddam's chief lawyer, Ziad al-Khasawneh, said the photos "add to acts that are practiced against the Iraqi people." He said he would sue the newspaper "and everyone who helped in showing these pictures."
Saddam, who was captured in December 2003, has been jailed at a complex near Baghdad airport named Camp Cropper, which holds 110 high-profile detainees.
cbs2.com /topstories/topstories_story_141091212.html   (1214 words)

  
 CNN.com - U.S. releases altered Saddam pictures - Aug. 1, 2003
Shown here is one of the five altered photos of what Saddam Hussein might look like after nearly four months on the run.
Meanwhile, Saddam's two oldest daughters told CNN that they don't know where the former president is hiding.
Although Saddam might be staying out of sight, he apparently is making sure that his voice is still heard by supporters.
www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/08/01/sprj.irq.main   (1004 words)

  
 CNN.com - Pentagon vows to probe Saddam photos - May 21, 2005
Saddam is under video surveillance in his cell "24/7," said the official, who could not say if the still photographs were possibly taken by the surveillance camera.
Pentagon officials concede that Saddam remains under U.S. control, even though he is in the legal control of the Iraqi government and thus no longer considered an enemy of war.
The Pentagon has argued the pictures did not violate the Geneva Conventions, because it was important to demonstrate to the Iraqi people that Saddam was in custody.
edition.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/05/21/saddam.photos   (900 words)

  
 The Memory Hole > Unofficial (Alleged) Photos of Saddam Hussein's Capture
New photographs that appear to be of Saddam Hussein on the day of his capture by U.S. forces are circulating around the Internet one month after the ousted Iraqi leader was found in a narrow hole in the ground.
For instance, Saddam appears to be wearing the same clothes and the same beard as seen in the pictures officially released by the U.S. military.
THIS appears to be the moment Saddam Hussein was dragged from his hole and exposed to the world but it is a snapshot the US military did not want the world to see.
www.thememoryhole.org /war/saddam-capture-unofficial.htm   (644 words)

  
 CNN.com - U.S. releases altered Saddam pictures - Aug. 2, 2003
The U.S. released digitally altered pictures of Saddam Hussein that coalition forces are using to track him down.
The United States released digitally altered pictures of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on Friday that coalition forces are using in their efforts to track him down.
U.S. officials said the military's enhanced photographs, as well as the CIA sketches, were developed as a result of several reported sightings of Saddam by Iraqis, some of whom are said to have described him as having long hair and a beard.
edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/08/02/sprj.irq.saddam.handout   (381 words)

  
 CBC News:Saddam to sue over pics of him in underwear: lawyer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
LONDON - Saddam Hussein's lawyer says the former Iraqi dictator plans to take legal action after a British and an American newspaper published front page photos of him in his underwear.
A photo showing Saddam in his prison cell, wearing only his underwear, drew the ire of the U.S. military when it was splashed across the front pages of both the Sun and the New York Post newspapers Friday.
The colour picture shows the former Iraqi dictator standing in his white underwear while he folds a pair of brown pants.
www.cbc.ca /stories/2005/05/20/saddampics0520   (625 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
I mean this is the kind of apparatus that kept Saddam Hussein in power for all those years, eyes and ears, literally in every nook and cranny of this very, large and opened spaced country.
This is where we all expected there to be a possible last stand, the very bastion of Saddam Hussein's support in his tribal areas, the heartland of his paid for support in terms of tribal allegiance over his decades of rule.
One local elements, perhaps extremists, Saddam Fedayeen, certainly Baath Party officials harassing us, but also a possibility of friendly fire; coalition aircraft active during that night, active early this morning, and we were concerned we would be misidentified as a hostile, with a seven car convoy operating in Tikrit.
cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0304/13/asb.03.html   (16577 words)

  
 Mostly Harmless Mostly Healthy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
After the pictures appeared the a US military statement was issued that said it was “disappointed at the possibility that someone responsible for the security, welfare, and detention of Saddam would take and provide these photos for public release”.
The problem with these pictures is it might lead to sympathy amongst Saddam’s supporters in the Islamic world where this would be seen as a disgrace and humiliation.
Saddam knows what he is doing, he will milk this for all he can, as for Bush — if they could just gag him and write these speeches for him …..
www.dubyadubyadubyadotcom.com /2005/05/20/our-george-ever-the-statesman   (711 words)

  
 Saddam Hussein Stands Trial in Iraq   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
CBN.com – WASHINGTON - It is the prelude to what is already being called "the trial of the century." Saddam Hussein appeared in court this morning in Baghdad.
The pictures were almost surreal: Saddam Hussein, the once brutal dictator, paraded before a judge in an Iraqi courtroom.
But for the victims of Saddam's torture, they say no punishment can bring back their arms that were cut off or their tongues that were ripped apart.
www.cbn.com /CBNNews/News/040701i.asp?option=print   (459 words)

  
 CTV.ca - Iraq broadcasts new footage of Hussein - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
In the tape, Hussein, who is known to have body doubles stand in his place on some occasions, begins by stating the date and time, apparently as evidence that the speech was made after U.S. bombing in Baghdad began.
Hussein goes on to say it is the "duty of all good people to defend Iraq.
Hussein is said to have up to eight surgically enhanced doubles designed to conceal his actual whereabouts.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1048165393742_173?hub=SpecialEvent3&subhub=PrintStory   (609 words)

  
 AM - US military to investigate Saddam photos
Though the US Army denies it helped the papers obtain the photos, the newspapers cite military sources saying they handed over the pictures in the hope of dealing a blow to the insurgency in Iraq, saying their source believes it's important the people of Iraq see him like that to destroy the myth.
This man says the picture of Saddam Hussein is not befitting for him as an Iraqi.
Saddam Hussein's human rights, well it seems to be sort of the primary issue on this at the moment.
www.abc.net.au /am/content/2005/s1373870.htm   (731 words)

  
 NZOOM - ONE News - World
US Central Command released five digitally enhanced pictures of Saddam Hussein showing what the deposed Iraqi president might look like if he was trying to change his appearance.
The pictures, distributed to troops searching for him in Iraq, show the normally moustached Saddam clean shaven or with a beard, and also show him with white and gray hair rather than his usual dark hair.
Uday and Qusay Hussein, Saddam's formerly powerful sons, were killed by US troops in a raid on July 22.
onenews.nzoom.com /onenews_detail/0,1227,210410-1-9,00.html   (319 words)

  
 This is Jordon Cooper's weblog: No Early Trial for Saddam Hussein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has called for a fair and open trial for Saddam Hussein, and said that the UN remained opposed to the death penalty.
Saddam Hussein is now being held for interrogation at an undisclosed location, but the International Committee of the Red Cross says its hopes the US military will allow a visit so that it can check on his conditions.
The US says that Saddam Hussein is being treated according to the Geneva Convention, but has not yet confirmed that he is considered a prisoner of war.
www.jordoncooper.com /2003/12/no-early-trial-for-saddam-hussein.html   (321 words)

  
 Keyword   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Saddam Hussein killed about 500,000 of his own people; that is a definite war crime that has been proven.
Pictures show Saddam Hussein in his underwear Fri May 20, 8:45 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - A picture of Saddam Hussein in his underpants was splashed across the front-page of the Sun on Friday.
Saddam Hussein, the Butcher of Baghdad, is today a broken man. But hanging will be seen by victims and their relatives as too good for him after his sadistic 30-year reign of terror.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=thesun   (3589 words)

  
 CNN.com - Rumsfeld: Uday, Qusay photos will be released - Jul. 23, 2003
U.S. troops on Wednesday patrol the perimeter of the Mosul villa where Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay were killed in a massive raid.
Saddam Hussein's sons were responsible for the torture, maiming and murder of countless Iraqis.
Sanchez Wednesday described the operation that killed Uday and Qusay Hussein, an assault that started with a gun battle on the stairs of a house in Mosul, northern Iraq, and ended with the firing of almost a dozen missiles.
www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/07/23/sprj.irq.sons   (1102 words)

  
 Footage appears to show Saddam Hussein's final public appearance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Abu Dhabi television aired pictures Friday of Saddam Hussein in the streets of Baghdad, greeted by an enthusiastic crowd as he waved and was hoisted onto a car hood to greet his fellow Iraqis.
The videotape was shot from a distance and alternated between zooming in on Saddam and panning the crowd that was rushing him.
Resolving the fate of Saddam -- either capturing him or killing him -- would be a major step for American forces in their invasion of Iraq.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/04/18/international0844EDT0523.DTL   (410 words)

  
 Half-naked pictures of Saddam Hussein printed in THE SUN - Softpedia
The dictator once accustomed to gold taps and special-made toilet seats, is now held in a single 12ft by 9ft cell, with a small desk and a pink plastic chair, and is said to be monitored via three CCTV cameras.
Saddam was last seen publicly in July, when he appeared in court, facing various charges from the execution of releigious leaders in 1974 and the 1988 - gassing of Kurds in Halabjia to the 1990 Kuwait invasion.
The US and its allies are forbidden to release any kind of photographs of prisoners of war, such as Saddam Hussein, following the rules imposed by the Geneva Convetion and the special agreements with the United Nations.
news.softpedia.com /news/Bare-naked-pictures-of-Saddam-Hussein-printed-in-THE-SUN-2108.shtml   (423 words)

  
 War With IraqSaddam Hussein pictures and Iraqi flags are top sellers 03/23/03
Palestinians crammed Tareq Abu Daya's shop on Saturday to buy Iraqi flags, glossy pictures of Saddam Hussein, T-shirts and American flags to set ablaze at a demonstration against the U.S.-led strike in Iraq.
The Iraqi leader is popular in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, partly because of the more than $35 million he has doled out to Palestinian families who've had relatives killed in the uprising the Israelis.
In the 1991 Gulf War, Saddam portrayed himself as the liberator of Palestinians from Israeli occupation, and many Palestinians cheered when Iraq's 39 Scud missiles fell on Israel, causing heavy damage and injuries but few casualties.
www.news-star.com /stories/032303/war_66.html   (431 words)

  
 NewsFromRussia.Com British jingoistic tabloid publishes more humiliating pictures of Saddam Hussein
The new pictures published in The Sun including one of Saddam seen through barbed wire wearing a white robe-like garment, and another of Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as "Chemical Ali," in a bathrobe and holding a towel.
Pictures and footage of a medic examining Saddam after his arrest were widely criticized.
A British tabloid published more revealing photographs of Saddam Hussein in U.S. custody on Saturday, a day after it ran a front-page picture of the former Iraqi leader naked except for his underwear.
newsfromrussia.com /world/2005/05/21/59889.html   (2664 words)

  
 U.S. Condemns Saddam Photo Publication (phillyBurbs.com) | Middle East
Duffy says the release of pictures of Saddam Hussein in his underwear was wrong and is being investigated.
More revealing pictures were published Saturday in the British tabloid, The Sun, including one of Saddam seen through barbed wire wearing a white robe-like garment, and another of Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as "Chemical Ali," in a bathrobe and holding a towel.
Although Arab television networks broadcast the pictures of naked or semi-clothed prisoners being abused by American forces at Abu Ghraib, at least one - Al-Jazeera - chose not to air the Saddam photos.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/93-05202005-492257.html   (1515 words)

  
 Augusta Georgia: Conflict With Iraq:Karbala at pains to show loyalty to Saddam 02/10/03
It was in Karbala in 1998 that Izzat Ibrahim, Saddam's deputy on the Revolution Command Council, Iraq's highest executive body, survived an assassination attempt.
An attempt on the life of Saddam's son Odai in Baghdad in 1996 was blamed on Iranian agents, a term that is sometimes used to refer to Iraqi Shiites.
Still, to bolster Saddam's image among the Shiites, the leader's supporters have even claimed he is descended from Imam Ali, the most revered Shiite figure, who was the Prophet Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law.
chronicle.augusta.com /stories/021003/ira_124-1836.shtml   (821 words)

  
 New pictures of Saddam published - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A British tabloid published more surreptitiously taken prison pictures of Saddam Hussein yesterday, and Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority, which dominated the country before the US-led invasion ousted the dictator, sought to break out of its deepening isolation by forming an alliance of tribal, political and religious groups.
There were fears that the publication Friday and yesterday of pictures showing the imprisoned Saddam, including one where he is naked except for his underwear, could further fuel anti-American sentiment.
The new pictures in Britain's The Sun included one of Saddam seen through barbed wire wearing a white Arab robe, and another of Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as "Chemical Ali", in a bathrobe and holding a towel.
www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20050521T220000-0500_80936_OBS_NEW_PICTURES_OF_SADDAM_PUBLISHED.asp   (175 words)

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