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Iraqi official: You never knew if you'd leave our embassies alive
Iraqi ex-pats were not only terrified to enter the Iraqi Mission in New York during Saddam Hussein's brutal dictatorial rule — but also that country's embassy in the heart of...
Saddam Hussein had a secret torture chamber in NYC
The Mission of Iraq, which sits on a wealthy Upper East Side block near Central Park, has a dark secret: Its basement was used as a jail equipped for torture...
How to tell if your co-worker is a psychopath
We've all had that co-worker at some point: superficially charming, supremely self-confident, but they’ll walk over anyone to get ahead and not feel a second’s remorse. Perhaps, after you were...
A beach read by Saddam Hussein
Trying to decide what book to read next? If you’re in the mood for something written by former dictators, look no further. A novella, said to be written by former...
The latest attempt to rewrite the history of the Iraq War
If hindsight indeed is 20/20, how come no one ever examines foreign-policy actions not taken, while those like George W. Bush’s 2003 decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein are forever second-guessed?...
Trump praises 'terrorist killer' Saddam Hussein
Donald Trump repeatedly slammed Hillary Clinton at a rally in North Carolina Tuesday night, but had high praise for the terrorist-fighting abilities of one late world leader — Iraqi dictator...
How Muhammad Ali secured the release of 15 US hostages in Iraq
Of all the legendary wins in Muhammad Ali’s life, few are as little known as the one he pulled off exactly 25 years ago today: Defying the odds and the...
Tony Blair apologizes for 'mistakes' made in Iraq war
WASHINGTON – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair apologized Sunday for “mistakes” made in the Iraq War and acknowledged the invasion helped give rise to ISIS. Blair (inset) was President George...
Trump: World would be better off if Saddam, Gadhafi still in power
The Middle East would be better off with dictators Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gadhafi still in power, Donald Trump insisted Sunday. “It’s not even a contest,” the GOP front-runner said...
Saddam Hussein aide Tariq Aziz dies at age 79
BAGHDAD — Tariq Aziz, the debonair Iraqi diplomat who made his name by staunchly defending Saddam Hussein to the world during three wars and was later sentenced to death as...
Saddam deputy who allied with ISIS is believed to be killed
BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials said Friday they believe that government forces killed Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the former deputy of Saddam Hussein who for over a decade was the top fugitive...
US pounds ISIS in Saddam's hometown
WASHINGTON — The United States launched airstrikes on Islamic State positions inside Tikrit late Wednesday in a sudden application of air power intended to give new life to a stalled...
Saddam Hussein's tomb leveled after battles with ISIS
OUJA, Iraq — The tomb of Iraq's late dictator Saddam Hussein was virtually leveled in heavy clashes between militants from the Islamic State group and Iraqi security forces in a...
Iraq begins offensive to retake Saddam's hometown from ISIS
BAGHDAD — Backed by allied Shiite and Sunni fighters, Iraqi security forces on Monday began a large-scale military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown from the Islamic State extremist group,...
Saddam Hussein's hanging noose up for auction
The rope used to execute ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could be yours for the right price. Mowaffak Al-Rubaie, a former Iraqi politician, has put the item up for sale...
Saddam's daughter shilling jewelry inspired by dad
The daughter of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is peddling baubles inspired by the erstwhile “Butcher of Baghdad.” Raghad Saddam Hussein, 46, an ISIS supporter known as “Little Saddam” for...
Inside Saddam Hussein's ruined Babylon palace
We’ve all heard about the excesses of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, but not many people get to actually see them. Luckily enough, I went to Iraq in 2011 and...
Murder of Saddam's judge brings Iraq closer to the brink
Rampaging jihadists captured and killed the Iraqi judge who sentenced Saddam Hussein to death, it was reported Sunday. Judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman, who presided over the dictator’s trial in 2006, was...
How Islamists bounced back in Iraq
Seven years after US forces under Gen. David Petraeus drove them out of Iraq’s Anbar province, a coalition of desperados led by Sunni Muslim jihadists have scored their biggest victory...
Pain for US vets as Fallujah falls to Qaeda forces
The image of two charred American bodies hanging from a bridge as a jubilant crowd pelted them with shoes seared the name Fallujah into the American psyche. The brutal house-to-house...