In Letters From Jail, Saddam Hussein Alleged Torture
Nation & World - May 5, 2009
In letters, Hussein wrote of beatings and sleepless nights amid screams of torture victims.
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Bush's Iraqi Shoe Assailant Gets Three Years in Jail
By
Larry Derfner
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Mideast Watch - March 12, 2009
Muntandher al-Zaidi also called Bush a "dog," and his family shouted the same epithet at the judge.
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Did Saddam Hussein Bug Dan Rather Before the Iraq War?
By
Paul Bedard
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Washington Whispers - February 6, 2009
The former CBS anchor practiced his interview questions before a mirror in his hotel room.
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The World's Most Dangerous Man
By
Ted Slafsky
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Joannie M. Schrof
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Stephen J. Hedges
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Richard Z. Chesnoff
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Peter Cary
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Louise Lief
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Brian Duffy
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Nation & World - May 16, 2008
Saddam Hussein is amassing a truly terrifying arsenal.
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A Prescient Warning About Saddam Hussein
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Kevin Whitelaw
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Nation & World - May 16, 2008
In June 1990, U.S. News ran a cover story labeling Saddam "The Most Dangerous Man in the World."
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George Tenet's Book
Michael Barone - May 1, 2007
There's been lots of criticism, and precious little praise, for George Tenet's book in the blogosphere. Start with Bill Kristol's refutation of Tenet's story about Richard Perle.
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On al Qaeda and Iraq
Michael Barone - April 18, 2007
I'm late getting to this, but I want to link to former Defense Department official Doug Feith's website and his comments on an April 6 Washington Post story. The issue is whether there were ties between Saddam Hussein's regime and al Qaeda; the charge has been made that Feith overstated their relationship.
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Putting Iraq in Perspective
Michael Barone - March 13, 2007
Columnist, novelist, and soldier Austin Bay in this column puts Iraq in historical perspective, over a span of 4,000 (!) years. He revisits his own arguments for military intervention:.
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