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Saddam Hussein's granddaughter emerges from exile at Cartier Dubai bash

Hareer Hussain Kamel’s Instagram is mostly posts praising her late grandfather, who was found guilty of crimes against humanity and executed in December 2006.

Saddam Hussein's final secrets revealed: Tapes from CIA vault show Iraqi strongman wanted to be a novelist

Tapes of the Butcher of Baghdad have been released by the CIA after a new book's author sued to hear them.

Spineless Joe Biden is inching toward a full betrayal of Israel

Faced with Israel’s war against Hamas and his re-election campaign, Joe Biden isn’t just going wobbly supporting Israel, he’s inching toward a full betrayal of Israel to appease American radicals.

How a generation of oil traders were trained by the Gulf War

Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 — and the resulting oil price shock — proved a fertile training ground for young oil traders on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

How likely are you to commit murder, according to your zodiac sign

In astrology, the signs are divided into three modalities; cardinal, which initiates, fixed which stabilizes and mutable which adapts. The majority of serial killers belong not to one specific sign,...

20 years on, it's clear our collective memory of the Iraq War is simply wrong

Iraq today lives peacefully within its region and has recently shown surprising independence from its large and aggressive neighbor, Iran.

The perilous path of Iraq & ruin

A teacher friend of mine has a useful exercise at the beginning of each year.

The three most unstable zodiac signs in astrology

When we view the zodiac as a progression of life, from birth to dissolution, the first three signs in the zodiac, Aries, Taurus and Gemini represent our infancy, our possessive...

Special ops vet sheds new light on capture of Saddam Hussein

Retired Army Master General Sergeant Kevin Holland said his Delta Force team told the former Iraqi president and dictator that "President Bush sends his regards."

Since when did America stand by as dictators cluster-bombed innocents? It's time Biden called Putin's bulls--t nuke bluff

What more does Vladimir Putin need to do before the world’s No. 1 superpower, leader of the free world, and possessor of the greatest military force in history, stops him?

How 3 US soldiers survived staring into the face of death—and Saddam Hussein

Three soldiers tell how they stared into the face of death — and Saddam Hussein — and managed to survive.

Iraq protests turn bloody as demonstrators push for sweeping reforms

Security forces used live ammunition against protesters in clashes in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing two overnight.

Ex-French President Chirac was 'bribed' by Saddam Hussein: report

Jacques Chirac, the former French president who died last week at age 86, was a staunch opponent of the US-led war in Iraq -- but that's because he was secretly...

The Marine who shoved America in Saddam's face — 15 years later

When Corp. Edward Chin and the rest of 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines rolled into Baghdad 15 years ago today, the winds of change were blowing — and, in doing so,...

That time Saddam penned an erotic novel involving bear sex

He wasn't just a tyrannical despot — Saddam Hussein had a side gig as a scribe, authoring a tome that includes an allusion to a sex scene between a bear...

Inside Saddam Hussein's final days in US captivity

They hadn’t signed up for this. The squad from the 551st Military Police Company was a dusty dozen who’d enlisted out of a combination of patriotism, a steady paycheck, or...

Democrats' foul-mouthed strategy and other comments

Reporter: Dems Trying To Cuss Their Way Back to Power Democrats seem to be taking a page from President Trump’s often-earthy language and “are letting loose four-letter words in public...

Saddam Hussein's doctor is 105 and still working

Britain’s oldest doctor is a fearless 105-year-old boundary-pusher who survived a Japanese prison camp and once treated Saddam Hussein, a fascinating profile reveals. Dr. Bill Frankland, aka “Grandfather of Allergy,”...

It's not easy being a 'Saddam Hussain'

If you think the job market is rough, trying sending out resumes with the name Saddam Hussain. An Indian engineer with the unfortunate name is headed to court to get...

Saddam Hussein had no clue what he was doing

Saddam Hussein was an inept dictator during his final years in charge, thought 9/11 would bring Iraq and America closer together and took partial blame for his eventual fall from...