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The main claims in Powell's speech—that Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, and that Saddam's government provided training and assistance to al-Qaeda terrorists in Baghdad—have been disputed by the intelligence community and terrorism experts. The CIA released an August 2004 report which ...
Saddam Hussein cared more about his place in Iraq's history than the opinion of the citizenry he ruled over, said the former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who led the interrogation of the ...
The Iraq Survey Group was told that Saddam Hussein periodically removed guards from the Syrian border and replaced them with his intelligence agents who then supervised the movement of banned materials between Syria and Iraq, according to two unnamed defense sources that spoke with The Washington Times.
14 December: Saddam Hussein's arrest in Iraq yields a document from Saddam directing Iraqi Baathist insurgents to beware of working with foreign jihadists. A US official commenting on the document stressed that while Saddam urged his followers to be cautious in their dealings with other Arab fighters, he did not order them to avoid contact or ...
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to end the U.N. political mission in Iraq established in 2003 following the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein to coordinate post ...
The façade of the lowest level and the monumental staircase were rebuilt under the orders of Saddam Hussein. [11] The rebuilt ziggurat was damaged in the Gulf War in 1991 by small arms fire, and the structure was shaken by explosions. [12] Four bomb craters can be seen nearby, and the walls of the ziggurat are marred by over 400 bullet holes. [13]
On March 7, in an effort to quiet the uprisings, Saddam Hussein offered the Shia and Kurd leaders shares in the central government in exchange for loyalty, but the opposing groups rejected the proposal. [25] At the height of the revolution, the government lost effective control over 14 of Iraq's 18 provinces. [18]
On March 12, 2003, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK), Tony Blair, and the UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw proposed a draft resolution to the United Nations.If the demands for disarmament were met by 17 March, it was suggested that military action would be averted and Saddam Hussein would be allowed to remain in power.