Saddam Hussain
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Rahul Gandhi looks like Saddam Hussain now, says Assam CM; Congress retort
India | Nov 23, 2022, 02:06 PM ISTBharat Jodo Yatra: The Assam Chief Minister also alleged that the Congress must have paid Bollywood stars to join Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo yatra.
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Saddam Hussein should have been left to run Iraq, says CIA Officer who interrogated him
World | Dec 17, 2016, 12:29 PM ISTA CIA officer who interrogated Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussain, after he was captured by US-led coalition forces in December 2003, has revealed that the former Iraq President had warned that the occupation of Iraq wouldn't be a "cakewalk" .
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Islamic State top command dominated by Saddam army's ex-officers
World | Aug 09, 2015, 02:20 PM ISTBaghdad: The group's second-in-command, al-Baghdadi's deputy, is a former Saddam-era army major, Saud Mohsen Hassan, known by the pseudonyms Abu Mutazz and Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, according to the intelligence chief.Hassan also goes by Fadel al-Hayali,
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The world's most powerful women: Three US secretaries of state and their accounts
Lifestyle | Mar 09, 2015, 11:17 AM ISTNew York:If the US president is the world's most powerful leader, his secretary of state (or foreign minister) is a close second though maybe not as well-known.Of the 68 secretaries since 1790, few are recognised
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Rope used to hang Saddam may be auctioned
World | Feb 06, 2015, 09:24 PM ISTBaghdad: The rope used to hang former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein may be put on auction, with bids starting at $7 million, media reported on Friday.According to a report in The Independent, the rope was
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Saddam Hussein planned to kidnap Israeli PM in 1981: Report
World | Oct 18, 2014, 09:13 PM ISTJerusalem: Former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein had planned to kidnap the then Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in retaliation to the Jewish state's attack on Iraq's nuclear reactor in 1981, a media report said.The sensational
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Know more about Saddam Hussain's personal life (in pics)
World | Aug 07, 2013, 09:17 AM ISTNew Delhi: Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussain was born in a village called al-Auja, outside of Tikrit in northern Iraq. Either just before or just after his birth, his father disappeared from his life. Some accounts