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Bremer: Bush OK'd Disbanding of Iraqi Army

Sep 4, 2007 7:56 PM CDT

Bremer: Bush OK'd Disbanding of Iraqi Army

Peeved ex-envoy says prez isn’t truthful about what he knew

(Newser) - Paul Bremer has sent the New York Times letters demonstrating President Bush’s knowledge of the plan to disband the Iraqi Army—a rebuff to Bush's recent comments that he was surprised by the now-unpopular decision. As head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, Bremer wrote to Bush of the plan...

'Chemical Ali' Will Hang

Sep 4, 2007 8:36 AM CDT

'Chemical Ali' Will Hang

Court confirms death sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity

(Newser) - An Iraqi court confirmed a death sentence today for "Chemical Ali," who was condemned to hang in June for genocide and crimes against humanity. Ali Hassan al-Majid and two other top lieutenants to Saddam Hussein were found guilty of the killing of thousands of Kurds in the Anfal...

No Chemical Ali, But Saddam's Soldiers Wanted in Army Again

Aug 29, 2007 7:22 PM CDT

No Chemical Ali, But Saddam's Soldiers Wanted in Army Again

Iraqi forces desperate for skilled officers

(Newser) - The Iraqi Army and police need a few good men, and they’re more and more willing to look in Saddam’s old ledger. Many of the new forces’ problems are said to stem from the 2003 decision by the US to disband the standing army; now recruiters are trying...

Saddam's Eldest Daughter Sought by Interpol

Aug 17, 2007 6:49 PM CDT

Saddam's Eldest Daughter Sought by Interpol

Arrest warrant issued for Raghad Hussein

(Newser) - Accusing her of terrorism and other related offenses, Interpol is on the hunt for the oldest daughter of Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi leader executed last December for crimes against humanity. Raghad Saddam Hussein left Iraq when US forces invaded and was believed to be living in Jordan as recently...

Chemical Ali
Is Sentenced
to Hang

Jun 24, 2007 10:31 AM CDT

Chemical Ali Is Sentenced to Hang

Hussein cousin and 2 others get death for wiping out Kurds

(Newser) - The Iraqi commander known as Chemical Ali was sentenced to hang today for ordering the use of chemical weapons to wipe out whole Kurdish villages, killing some 180,000 people, two decades ago. Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein, and two others found guilty of war crimes by...

The Letter That Launched a War

Apr 3, 2007 1:12 PM CDT

The Letter That Launched a War

The Post tracks the bogus document from an Italian journalist to the President's hands

(Newser) - How the so-called "Italian Letter"—the discredited document suggesting Saddam Hussein sought to buy uranium from Niger—made its way from the hands of an Italian journalist into the President's State of the Union speech is the subject of an irresistible piece of sleuthing by Peter Eisner in...

Cleric Opposes Rebaathification

Apr 3, 2007 8:17 AM CDT

Cleric Opposes Rebaathification

Sistani rejects law aimed at quelling Sunni insurgency

(Newser) - A bill allowing Saddam's party members back into power in Iraq has been rejected by that country's most powerful cleric. The law, aggressively pushed by the U.S., would allow former low-level Baathists--most of them Sunnis--to hold positions in government. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the powerful Shiite cleric, dismissed...

Bill Would Put Ba'athists
Back in Power

Mar 28, 2007 8:47 AM CDT

Bill Would Put Ba'athists Back in Power

Aim is to woo Sunnis into Shiite-dominated government

(Newser) - Ba'athists will be allowed back in government posts if a bill proposed yesterday, aimed at reconciling dissident Sunnis with the Shiite-dominated government, passes the Iraqi parliament. The U.S has been pushing for the law to law to woo the former Saddam loyalists —mostly Sunnis— into the political...

SADDAM'S
VP HANGS

Mar 20, 2007 10:09 AM CDT

SADDAM'S VP HANGS

Taha Yassin Ramadan is executed, despite protests of lack of evidence

(Newser) - Saddam’s loyal vice president was hanged today for the same crimes as his boss. Taha Yassin Ramadan became the fourth to be executed in Iraq for the 1982 massacre of Shias in the city of Dujail. Ramadan’s original sentence of life in prison was found on appeal to...

The Man Who Toppled Saddam Has Second Thoughts

Mar 19, 2007 9:52 PM CDT

The Man Who Toppled Saddam Has Second Thoughts

Says US rule is worse than Hussein's

(Newser) - The former Iraqi weightlifting champion who used a sledgehammer to topple the infamous 20-foot-tall bronze statue of Saddam Hussein four years ago now feels remorse at his symbolic role in the US victory. "I really regret bringing down the statue," Kadhim al-Jubouri says. "The Americans are worse...