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  NPR : War in Iraq : Saddam Hussein
Saddam was the preeminent strongman in Iraq since the late 1960s, but his name did not become a household word in the United States until Aug. 2, 1990, when he launched his army on a blitzkrieg attack against Kuwait.
Saddam was wounded in the leg and fled to Cairo.
Saddam sought to paint himself as a champion of the Arabs, but his legacy is a dismal one for the people of Iraq.
www.npr.org /news/specials/iraq2003/saddam_background.html   (1601 words)

  
 Saddam Hussein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Saddam was cruelly tortured and abused by new step-father, and returned to his uncle at the age of ten.
Saddam was greatly influenced by him, and his uncle’s bitterness against imperialism and Western society and culture was passed down to him.
Saddam enrolled in the University of Cairo School/College of Law and is heavily influenced by Nassar’s Arab nationalist rhetoric.
www.hyperhistory.net /apwh/bios/b1saddamHussein.htm   (1088 words)

  
 CNN.com - Rumsfeld: In the end, Saddam 'not terribly brave' - Dec. 14, 2003
Saddam was captured Saturday night about nine miles from his hometown of Tikrit and on the other side of the Tigris River from one of his lavish palaces.
Saddam's beard was shaved and his hair trimmed for identification purposes, military officials said.
Saddam's capture was based not on a direct tip, but a collection of intelligence gathered from the hostile questioning of Saddam's former bodyguards and family members, U.S. officials said.
www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/12/14/sprj.irq.main   (1652 words)

  
 NPR : War in Iraq : Chronology of Saddam Hussein's Capture
Saturday: Saddam is found hiding at the bottom of the hole, which was about six to eight feet deep and wide enough space for a person to lie down inside.
Saddam, described by U.S. commanders as bewildered and disoriented, is captured without resistance.
Saddam, under coalition custody, is moved to an undisclosed location.
www.npr.org /news/specials/iraq2003/saddam_capture.031214.html   (483 words)

  
 Saddam exhibit includes lifelike mannequin - Boston.com - Nation - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
When U.S. troops pulled Saddam Hussein from the hole in which he was hiding, the dictator was gaunt, dirty and disheveled, with a bushy beard, matted hair and a glazed-over look.
A display of Saddam Hussien is seen at the 4th Infantry Division Museum at Fort Hood, Texas, Thursday, May 26, 2005.
A display of Saddam Hussien is shown at the 4th Infantry Division Museum at Fort Hood, Texas.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/05/27/texas_exhibit_includes_saddam_mannequin   (433 words)

  
 Saddam Hussein
Later, after Saddam took power, his role in the attack would be greatly embellished with claims that he suffered serious wounds and escaped only by swimming the Tigris and making his way across the desert to Syria.
Saddam established himself as the most powerful man in Iraq long before formally assuming the presidency in 1979 at age forty-one.
Had Saddam been removed from power during the war over Kuwait or had assassination attempts been successful, it is unlikely that he would merit note.
www.carpenoctem.tv /military/hussein.html   (1115 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Middle East | Palestinians get Saddam funds
Saddam is a hero," read a banner over a picture of the Iraqi leader and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the ceremony.
Saddam's avowed support for the Palestinians, and his missile attacks on Israel during the Gulf War, have won him wide backing in the territories.
"Saddam supports the families of the martyrs, not terrorism," said Ahmed Sabah, 69, whose son was killed by an Israeli missile strike in December.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/2846365.stm   (497 words)

  
 SI.com - Sports Illustrated -- The Magazine - From Sports Illustrated: Son of Saddam - Monday March 24, 2003 05:00 PM
Inside the yellow-and-blue office, Uday, the older of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's two sons, paced the floor, waving his expensive Cuban cigar and glaring out the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Baghdad.
In 1984, when Uday was 20, Saddam handed his son the reins of both the country's Olympic committee and its soccer federation, hoping Uday could help rebuild the spirit of the nation's youth while also proving himself a worthy successor to his father.
"Saddam's plan didn't work," says Issam Thamer al-Diwan, a former Iraqi volleyball player who now lives in the United States and carries a list of 52 athletes he claims have been murdered by the Hussein family.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /si_online/news/2003/03/24/son_of_saddam   (2132 words)

  
 Special Reports
Saddam’s father left before he was born so he had to live with his step-dad.
Saddam, along with killing people from his own county, has even been known to send his own military officials to their death for no good reason.
Saddam listened to his speech until he finished, stood up and shot him straight in the head as an example for all those who oppose him.
www.ccaccess.net /ccea/special.htm   (1359 words)

  
 Iraq Symposium on April 6th, 01 - Statements
Saddam succeeded to save his authority and restore his power with cooperation of US and neighboring Arab countries.
Short after, Saddam reorganized the republican guard and his Special Forces and he flew his helicopters and air forces to destroy and demolish the uprising in most aggressive and criminal way, he used Army tanks and heavy artillery, During 20 days of operation against the uprising he killed 350,000 Iraqis!
In north, Saddam attacked the city of Irbil and chased the opposition out in 1996, up to now the opposition activities is limited in that region.
www.iraqfoundation.org /forum/events/2001/april/najib.html   (389 words)

  
 On the occasion of the first anniversary of kidnapping President Saddam Hussien   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
First : the unlawful and unrealistic American declaration that President Saddam is a P.o.W. Second : the right of President Saddam to meet his lawyers and family represents one of the international commitments and duties of the U.S admins tration.
The case of President Saddam is a perfect model of forced Disappearance and an communicator Detention which constitute a crime of war according to all authorative references of International and Humanitarian laws.
The main purpose of kidnapping President Saddam and his comrades is to deprive the Iraqi people of his elected legitimate leadership, which has dedicated itself to defend its people.
www.albasrah.net /maqalat/english/1204/president-saddam_141204.htm   (1542 words)

  
 United Press International: Exclusive: Saddam key in early CIA plot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Saddam then crossed into Syria and was transferred by Egyptian intelligence agents to Beirut, according to Darwish and former senior CIA officials.
In Cairo, Saddam was installed in an apartment in the upper class neighborhood of Dukki and spent his time playing dominos in the Indiana Caf�, watched over by CIA and Egyptian intelligence operatives, according to Darwish and former U.S. intelligence officials.
Saddam's U.S. handlers even pushed Saddam to get his Egyptian handlers to raise his monthly allowance, a gesture not appreciated by Egyptian officials since they knew of Saddam's American connection, according to Darwish.
www.upi.com /view.cfm?StoryID=20030410-070214-6557r   (1297 words)

  
 KevinDonahue.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Saddam Hussien is in custody and will never again threaten your sons and daughters.
Saddam Hussien is in custody and will never again threaten your sons & daughters.
Saddam was captured by the US Special Forces Task Force 2 in Tikrit.
blog.kevindonahue.com /archives/2003/12/merry_christmas.php   (455 words)

  
 NameTraq | Last Name: Hussien
His counsel Zahir Hussien Ahmad Shah applied for a stay of execution pending notice of appeal to be filed in the High Court.
Since the toppling of Saddam Hussien last spring, Iraq's communications has been severely crippled and the nation has relied on media from other countries for...
Hussien could also be prosecuted for activities against the Iraqi people, for actions against the Kuwaiti people and the Iranian people, Rumsfeld said.
www.nametraq.com /genealogy_jan04/H/Hussien.shtml   (537 words)

  
 iRi 9.3.2003
Saddam Hussein and enough terrorists have indicated by both words and deeds that they are willing to do this, and only lack the means.
Saddam Hussein has chosen to build the military targets next to the civilians, and unfortunately we can not allow that to sway us.
Instead, I feel that we are being forced into by Saddam Hussein, and his attempts to develop nuclear and biological weapons that will be owned by a madman, and the existance of a terrorist network that will happily bring those weapons in to the US.
www.jerf.org /iri/2003/03/09.html   (2011 words)

  
 Raymond Lo - Professional Feng Shui Researcher & Practitioner
My prediction is made on the basis of Saddam Hussien’s birthday which is known to be 28/4/1937 The following is his three pillars of destiny, his birth hour is not known.
Saddam is a yin wood person born in the month of April at the end of spring when wood is getting weak.
Subject is Saddam Hussien and he sits on an Earth element which is getting weak in the month of Jan. Also the Dragon is “void” element on the day of performing this I Ching.
www.raymond-lo.com /ver2/aboutmasterlo/articles.asp?id=2   (1158 words)

  
 News
Saddam Hussien gave the following speech during a meeting with a group of university students and higher education and scientific research officials on 3 October in Baghdad.
Saddam Husayn is a president, so and so is a president, so and so is a king.
You should tell Israel, so should Saddam Husayn and others, that we are part of the Arab nation and that the Palestinian people are part of us.
www.iraqfoundation.org /news/2000/joctober/5_saddam.html   (2972 words)

  
 saddam Free Essays
Saddam Hussein and Mohandus Gandhi Saddam Hussein, the vicious dictator of Iraq.
American History Essay Desert Storm In 1979 Saddam Hussien took control of Iraq, and immediately set the tone for his rule by killing 21 of his cabinet members.
This role was justified due to Saddam Husseins invasion of Kuwait, the threat of chemical warfare and the encouragement of the United States Con...
www.netessays.net /search/65257.html   (800 words)

  
 Hammorabi
In a meeting with Aiz Deen Al Majeed the cousin of Saddam who lives in London now published in Asharq Awsat 22 Dec 2003, he defended his cousin Saddam and accused the US of fabricating a complete story about his capture.
He said that his cousin is very clean and it is impossible for him to live in a hut like the one shown by the US forces.
Saddam used to give to the Jordanians free oil and the US dollars used to pass easily from the starved Iraqi children to Jordan, West bank and Gaza strip.
hammorabi.blogspot.com /2003/12/news-and-comments-1.html   (1174 words)

  
 Saddam Hussein's Philanthropy of Terror - by Deroy Murdock
The public evidence of Saddam Hussein’s cooperation with and support for global terrorists is abundant and clear.
Saddam Hussein’s vice president, Taha Yassin Ramadan, is the man who Israeli intelligence believes was directly involved in funneling money from Baghdad into the hands of the families of homicide bombers.
Saddam Hussein was a living threat to American national security and the safety of the civilized world.
husseinandterror.com   (4376 words)

  
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Few people know that Saddam has an astrayed and obnoxious Twin brother, Billy, who is sometimes seen on the New York night club scene.
Everyone knows that Saddam has many body doubles, but most people don't know that the Body Doubles formed a Baseball Team and top the Euphrates League.
Saddam realized his last defence was his former training on his high school track team.
www.worth1000.com /cache/contest/contestcache.asp?contest_id=819&display=photoshop   (1010 words)

  
 Armageddon Online - What ever happened to Saddam Hussien?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Saddam served his purpose already: Destract the public from the passing of the Patriot Act II.
I think they are keeping Saddam from view as to not create/incite/foment either Iraq public anger at him not being punished yet or former party members getting any idea's.
Saddam is a POW, and they were technically not supposed to show pictures of him after capture, but they made an exception due to his high level profile.
www.armageddononline.org /forums/showthread.php?t=1946   (1876 words)

  
 Prophetic Dream concerning Saddam Hussien   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This must be very important in the scheme of things, concerning Saddam, for the Lord to give me these words and even a date for when it is to start.
It is now too late for Saddam the deal is off, and only war remains as an answer to this.
This second half of the events seems to be events, that I would see in the news, before a war with Iraq.
www.geocities.com /theseder1/octdreams.htm   (1798 words)

  
 Doe's Saddam Hussien have Alien UFO Technology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Saddam gave the aliens sanctuary, so that they couldn’t be captured by Americans.
Mohammed Hajj al-Amdar said on the basis of strange stories coming out of that valley: “Saddam gave the aliens sanctuary, so that they couldn’t be captured by Americans.
It is not ruled out that Saddam intentionally spreads these rumors so that to scare people away from some important military object located in the old fortress of Qalaat-e-Julundi.
www.unexplainable.net /crap/c.html   (1286 words)

  
 Saddam Hussien captured. - www.ezboard.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Having Hussien captured so he can't cause any more problems is good.
Saddam's trial will probably be put off for quite some time.
The capture and trial of Saddam is *not* the culmination of the whole war.
p084.ezboard.com /fthezboardsfrm1.showMessage?topicID=982.topic   (755 words)

  
 Saddam's Information Weapons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Saddam Hussien has long known that his most powerful weapon in controlling the Iraqi people, influencing other Arab and Moslem governments and fighting foreign enemies, is the messages he puts out via the mass media.
At this point, the best Saddam can hope for is to delay the invaders long enough, and cause enough Iraqi civilian casualties, to create a public opinion storm that would get the Americans to withdraw.
So Saddam's plan B is to use this fight to the death as a way to make him an Arab warrior and martyr of historic significance.
www.strategypage.com /dls/articles/20030321.asp   (723 words)

  
 DO YOU HAVE SYMPATHY FOR SADDAM HUSSIEN?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
I hate Saddam and all the guys like him- Power maniacs full of fear- He is just another bad copy of a Stalin-like type- I see, he's not a threat of course, he is a poor guy without a kingdom.
Saddam was installed by the CIA in 1959 and had a strategic relationship with him up untill gulf war 1.
Saddam commited genocide and that is a reason to invade right there.
www.bestandworst.com /vote.php?id=40460   (2736 words)

  
 NEWSFLASH!! Saddam Hussien wins by a landslide!--Ummah.comGeneral   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Word has it that the overt threats of a foreign government has boosted support from the 0.1% of the population that was never heard from again after the last election.
No ambulances were needed to remove the fans to hospital, though nurses were on hand to help draw the blood of the well wishers from their veins and distribute the quills to mark the ballot papers.
Unfortunately, Saddam and his mustache will probably forever be branded "bad-guys", meaning that the Iraqi people will, according to the press forver be in need of "luiberation" (quite convenient considering that regime change within Iraq has been the main gola of Bsh et al, since the Iraq fiasco began back in July/August).
www.ummah.net /forum/showthread.php?t=9501   (2073 words)

  
 Statement on the capture of Saddam Hussein, 17 Dec 03
Rumsfeld is welcomed by Saddam Hussien in Baghdad in 1983 during the Iran-Iraq War.
The capture of Saddam Hussein does not mean freedom for the Iraqi people.
Saddam on parade; The new model of Imperialism
www.notinourname.net /archive/capture-17dec03.htm   (312 words)

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