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  Rahul Gandhi looks like Saddam Hussain now, says Assam CM; Congress retort

  India | November 23, 2022 14:06 IST

  Bharat 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 | December 17, 2016 12:29 IST

  A 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 | August 09, 2015 14:20 IST

  Baghdad: 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 | March 09, 2015 11:17 IST

  New 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 | February 06, 2015 21:24 IST

  Baghdad: 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 | October 18, 2014 21:13 IST

  Jerusalem: 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 | August 07, 2013 9:17 IST

  New 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