The climax of the 2003 invasion of Iraq was the take over of Baghdad on April 9, 2003.

Former leader of Iraq Saddam Hussein stands trial Wednesday in Baghdad, charged with multiple crimes against humanity. Saddam refused to... Saddam Trial Begins in Baghdad Former leader of Iraq Saddam ...

Iraq elected Nizar Amedi as the country’s new president on Saturday, April 11, 2026—a decision that ended a political ...

Here’s a look at the life of the late former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Personal:Birth date: April 28, 1937 Death date: December 30, 2006 Birth place: Tikrit, Iraq Birth name: Saddam Hussein Abd ...

Saddam Hussein was Iraq's President from 1979 to 2003, known for his authoritarian rule and human rights abuses. He oversaw ...

Saddam Hussein, the tyrant who oppressed Iraq for more than 30 years, unleashing devastating regional wars and reducing his once promising, oil-rich nation to a claustrophobic police state until the U ...

SAMUEL HELFONT is an Associate Professor in the Naval War College Program at the Naval Postgraduate School and a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of Iraq Against the World: ...

BAGHDAD — Of his countless stories of his life as a hairdresser in Iraq, the one Qaiss al-Sharaa most enjoys retelling is about the day April 9, 2003, when he watched Iraqis and American Marines pull ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials said they believe that government forces on Friday killed Saddam Hussein’s former deputy, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, who remained a wanted fugitive since the 2003 U.S.-led ...

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