SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURED BY AMERICAN FORCES
Saddam Hussein was convicted of crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people, and sentenced to death by an Iraqi High Tribunal on November 5, 2006. He is shown during a briefing at the Iraqi Forum in Baghdad, December 14, 2003. (UPI Photo/Files)
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi arrived in Washington on Tuesday to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss March parliamentary elections.
LONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The British government drew up a plan to encourage an internal coup against former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, a leaked document indicates.
LONDON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair Friday vehemently defended his decision to send British troops into war in Iraq because he believed "beyond doubt" that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction.
LONDON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said the events of Sept. 11, 2001, were key in decisions to confront Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
BAGHDAD, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Bombs rocked the Iraqi capital Monday as Saddam Hussein's cousin and former leader Ali Hassan al-Majid, or Chemical Ali, was hanged for crimes against humanity.
BAGHDAD, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical Ali, was hanged Monday for gas attacks against Iraqi Kurds, authorities in Baghdad said.
BAGHDAD, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Iraq Friday in an effort to settle a dispute over disqualified parliamentary candidates, officials said.
LONDON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair considered a military option to remove Saddam Hussein from power based on "an assumption" about weapons, an inquiry heard.
BAGHDAD, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's foreign minister during the 1990 Gulf War, has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke, officials say.
