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In 1990, the world watched in disbelief as Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army invaded Kuwait, triggering a global crisis. What ...
The president was not eager for war, but he and his advisers had to ponder the risks of leaving Saddam in power in a post-9/11 era.
Michael Trotter First Wrote Songs in Saddam Hussein's Palace in the War. Now He's Healing from PTSD Through Music (Exclusive) The War and Treaty singer opens up to PEOPLE about how the Army ...
On the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, Peter Bergen reflects on whether – knowing what we now know – toppling Saddam Hussein was worth it. It’s not so black and white, he says.
The brutal fight against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq four decades ago shaped Tehran’s approach to the recent war and guides its ...
A gold-plated AK-47 believed to have been owned by former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is to go on public display for the first time. Hussein and his sons gave the gleaming rifle to "people they ...
Two decades after the Iraq War, Delta Force operators Chris VanSant and Craig Palmer reflect on their time hunting Saddam Hussein, fighting terrorists and life after combat.
Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, the subject of a new book called “The Achilles Trap” in his office in 1991. That year he was humiliated in the Gulf War as US-led forces threw his troops out of ...
On this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Melvyn Leffler talks about his book, Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq. Leffler discusses why he decided to write a book about ...
Saddam Hussein's golden AK-47 going on display at U.K. museum The former Iraqi leader and his sons gave the gleaming AK-47 to "people they wanted to influence," according to the Royal Armouries ...
As the 20th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War approaches, Peter Bergen speaks to retired FBI agent George Piro about his interrogation of Saddam Hussein and the aftershocks of the US ...
Iraqi president sent tanks into Kuwait City, shattered alliances in the Mideast, sent oil prices soaring and made a mockery of world diplomacy.