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By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 30 December 2006 Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed Saturday morning for crimes against his people. Iraqi officials present at the hanging say Saddam went to his death a broken man, but showed no remors
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 08 January 2007 The trial for men accused of carrying out Saddam Hussein's brutal campaign against the Kurds in the 1980s has resumed in Baghdad. Prosecutors are pressing ahead even though the chief defendant, Saddam Hussei
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By Barry Newhouse Irbil 16 March 2007 Friday March 16 marks the 19th anniversary of Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons attack on the Kurdish village of Halabja. For the first time, Iraq's central government has marked the occasion by calling for a min
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 16 January 2007 watch Iraq report An Iraqi army Humvee blocks a street in central Baghdad, Iraq The threat of new violence in Iraq increased this week following the execution of two former top aides to Saddam Hussein. The
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