http://www.mail.com/people/16664-saddam-hussein.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/16664-saddam-hussein.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090326-un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-iraq-to-albania.html BAGHDAD (AP) — The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations said Thursday, a step toward defusing an explosive dispute left over from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and the U.S.-led ousting of the regime of Saddam Hussein. In a statement, the U.N. envoy... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:49:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090326-un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-iraq-to-albania.html 2013-05-16T20:49:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089456-car-bombs-shooting-iraq-leave-21-dead.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital for the second day in a row on Thursday, part of a series of attacks across the country that left 21 people dead and raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed. Baghdad police said the first blast hit a bus and taxi stop during the morning rush hour in the city's eastern Sadr... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:39:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089456-car-bombs-shooting-iraq-leave-21-dead.html 2013-05-16T17:39:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087336-wave-bombings-kills-33-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb exploded near a bus station in Baghdad's main Shiite district Wednesday, the deadliest in a series of explosions that killed at least 33 people nationwide, officials said. The bloodshed came amid growing tensions between the Shiite-led government and minority Sunnis following a deadly security crackdown on a Sunni protest camp in... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:01:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087336-wave-bombings-kills-33-iraq.html 2013-05-15T20:01:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2082516-attacks-sunni-mosques-fuel-fears-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A sharp rise in attacks on Sunni holy sites in Iraq is feeding fears that the country could spiral into a new round of sectarian violence similar to the bloodletting that brought Iraq to its knees in 2006 and 2007. Majority Shiites control the levers of power in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. Wishing to rebuild the nation rather than revert to o... Mon, 13 May 2013 20:16:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2082516-attacks-sunni-mosques-fuel-fears-iraq.html 2013-05-13T20:16:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2072062-soldier-faced-harassment-muslim.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim — she's a Catholic. But her name sounded Islamic to fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and they would taunt her, calling her "Sgt. Hussein" and asking what God she prayed to. So before deploying to Afghanistan last year for her second war tour, she legally changed her name — to Naida Christian Nov... Wed, 08 May 2013 21:47:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2072062-soldier-faced-harassment-muslim.html 2013-05-08T21:47:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2072624-libyas-charter-shoot-contentious-law.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A new law that excludes former officials of the Moammar Gadhafi era from public office is dividing Libya and deepening the turmoil plaguing the country since the 2011 civil war that ousted the erratic leader. Passed by parliament Sunday essentially at gunpoint — heavily armed militias were parked outside government buildings and refu... Wed, 08 May 2013 21:25:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2072624-libyas-charter-shoot-contentious-law.html 2013-05-08T21:25:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062612-rights-group-iraqi-panel-help-probing-raid.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged Iraqi authorities to give more financial and political backing to a government panel probing a deadly raid by security forces at a protest camp last week to find out who is responsible for what it alleged was an unlawful use of lethal force. The group said it received photos from a separate, parliamentar... Sat, 04 May 2013 11:09:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062612-rights-group-iraqi-panel-help-probing-raid.html 2013-05-04T11:09:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2060640-bomb-explosion-iraq-mosque-kills-7.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A bomb attack outside a Sunni mosque on Friday killed seven worshippers as Sunnis continued to hold demonstrations in Iraq to protest what they say is second-class treatment by the Shiite-led government. Sunni mosques have been targeted in several recent attacks amid rising sectarian tension in Iraq following a deadly crackdown by security ... Fri, 03 May 2013 13:03:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2060640-bomb-explosion-iraq-mosque-kills-7.html 2013-05-03T13:03:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055416-ap-interview-sunni-iraq-official-criticizes-force.html BAGHDAD (AP) — The Sunni head of a committee established to investigate deadly clashes that erupted at a protest camp in Iraq last week said Wednesday that he believes excessive force was used by security forces as they tried to make arrests among anti-government demonstrators. The April 23 clashes in the town of Hawija, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) n... Wed, 01 May 2013 20:36:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055416-ap-interview-sunni-iraq-official-criticizes-force.html 2013-05-01T20:36:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2053726-obama-us-who-used-chem-weapons.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war. At a White House news conference, the president also defended the FBI's work in monitoring the activities in recent years of one... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2053726-obama-us-who-used-chem-weapons.html 2013-04-30T20:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2050440-iraq-instability-tested-with-bombing-wave.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bomb blasts tore through Shiite areas south of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 36 and deepening fears that Iraq is rapidly spiraling back out of control. The attacks capped a week of turmoil that is posing the greatest test of Iraq's stability since U.S. troops left the country in late 2011. At least 218 people have been k... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:29:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2050440-iraq-instability-tested-with-bombing-wave.html 2013-04-29T17:29:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2049500-iraq-suspends-al-jazeera-9-iraqi-tv-channels.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities suspended the operating licenses of pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera and nine Iraqi TV channels on Sunday after accusing them of escalating sectarian tension. The move signaled the Shiite-led government's mounting worries over deteriorating security amid Sunni unrest and clashes that have left more than 180 people dead in less than a week. ... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:26:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2049500-iraq-suspends-al-jazeera-9-iraqi-tv-channels.html 2013-04-28T19:26:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049938-pattern-alleged-chemical-arms-use-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — The instances in which chemical weapons are alleged to have been used in Syria were purportedly small in scale: nothing along the lines of Saddam Hussein's 1988 attack in Kurdish Iraq that killed thousands. That raises the question of who would stand to gain as President Bashar Assad's regime and the opposition trade blame for the alleged at... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:14:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049938-pattern-alleged-chemical-arms-use-syria.html 2013-04-28T19:14:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2048342-group-tied-to-guard-gain-iraq-unrest.html BAGHDAD (AP) — As clashes this week raise fears of a destabilizing new eruption of sectarian fighting in Iraq, a shadowy militant group linked to the top fugitive from Saddam Hussein's regime could stand to gain by attracting new Sunni Muslim support. The Army of the Men of the Naqshabandi Order depicts itself as a nationalist force defending Iraq's Sunni... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:35:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2048342-group-tied-to-guard-gain-iraq-unrest.html 2013-04-27T07:35:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2046120-red-line-obama-cautious-syria-chemical-weapons.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Proceeding cautiously, President Barack Obama insisted on Friday that any use of chemical weapons by Syria would change his "calculus" about U.S. military involvement in the 2-year-old civil war — but said too little was known about a pair of likely sarin attacks to order aggressive action now. The president's public response to the late... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:45:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2046120-red-line-obama-cautious-syria-chemical-weapons.html 2013-04-26T21:45:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2044370-crossing-red-line-us-syria-used-poison.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House declared Thursday that U.S. intelligence indicates Syrian President Bashar Assad has twice used deadly chemical weapons in his country's fierce civil war, a provocative action that would cross President Barack Obama's "red line" for a significant military response. But the administration said the revelation won't immediately change its stanc... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:18:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2044370-crossing-red-line-us-syria-used-poison.html 2013-04-25T22:18:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043522-iraq-fears-rise-clashes-spread-to-northern-city.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Clashes spread to a key northern city and gunmen took over a town elsewhere in Iraq on Thursday, raising the death toll from three days of violence to more than 150 people as a wave of Sunni unrest intensified. The turmoil is aggravating an already sour political situation between the Shiite-led government and Sunnis, who accuse Prime Minis... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:32:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043522-iraq-fears-rise-clashes-spread-to-northern-city.html 2013-04-25T19:32:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2041222-clashes-sunni-anger-boiling-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — With Sunni gunmen beginning to confront the Shiite-led government's security forces head-on in northern and western Iraq, fears are growing fast of a return to full-scale sectarian fighting that could plunge the country into a broader battle merged with the Syrian civil war across the border. With more than 100 people killed over the past t... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:37:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2041222-clashes-sunni-anger-boiling-iraq.html 2013-04-24T20:37:21Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041290-dutch-court-compensation-gas-attack-survivors.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered a businessman convicted of selling Saddam Hussein raw materials for mustard gas to pay compensation to victims of chemical weapon attacks by the late Iraqi dictator's regime. The landmark ruling was largely symbolic for the 16 survivors as the businessman, Hans van Anraat, is serving a priso... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:55:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041290-dutch-court-compensation-gas-attack-survivors.html 2013-04-24T11:55:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2041134-wife-american-iraqi-prison-hunger-strike.html BAGHDAD (AP) — In Baghdad's maximum-security Karkh prison, Shawki Omar is triply damned, his supporters say. He's a Sunni prisoner in a Shiite-dominated jail. A foreigner in a country where outsiders are blamed for fueling an insurgency. And to top it off, an American in a nation struggling with the bloody legacy of the U.S.-led invasion. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:26:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2041134-wife-american-iraqi-prison-hunger-strike.html 2013-04-24T10:26:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038502-iraq-edge-deadly-raid-protest-camp.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Security forces stormed a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, sparking deadly clashes in several towns and sharply intensifying rage at the Shiite-led government. The unrest and a spate of other attacks, mostly targeting Sunni mosques, killed at least 56 people. The violence could mark an ominous turning point in the four-month ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:58:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038502-iraq-edge-deadly-raid-protest-camp.html 2013-04-23T19:58:25Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2037068-bush-library-exhibits-911-war-katrina-recount.html DALLAS (AP) — A tour of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum begins in a bright area representing his early domestic agenda, but with one turn, visitors find themselves in a darkened room surrounded by chilling reminders of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. This contrast, symbolizing Bush's abrupt shift in priorities less than eight months int... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:51:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2037068-bush-library-exhibits-911-war-katrina-recount.html 2013-04-22T23:51:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036172-iraq-sunnis-stage-day-civil-disobedience.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Many of Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority held a day of civil disobedience on Monday to protest what they see as discrimination by the Shiite-led government. Many schools, markets and government offices shut down in the provinces of Salahuddin in the country's center, Anbar in the west, and Ninevah in the northwest. Sunni areas in the Iraqi capi... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:03:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036172-iraq-sunnis-stage-day-civil-disobedience.html 2013-04-22T14:03:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2032934-iraqis-to-polls-time-us-pullout.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq carried out its first election since the U.S. military withdrawal without major bloodshed Saturday in a major test for Iraqi security forces as they face a reviving al-Qaida insurgency. But delayed elections in two provinces wracked by anti-government protests and complaints about missing names on voter rolls overshadowed the vote. The... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:22:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2032934-iraqis-to-polls-time-us-pullout.html 2013-04-20T20:22:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027886-officials-suicide-attack-kills-26-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Baghdad cafe crowded with young people late Thursday, killing at least 26 and wounding dozens ahead of provincial elections scheduled for the weekend. The rare evening attack, which came at the start of the local weekend, brought to 30 the number of people killed across the country Thursday. The ca... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:50:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027886-officials-suicide-attack-kills-26-iraq.html 2013-04-18T20:50:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019788-iraq-attacks-kill-55-than-week-vote.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents in Iraq deployed a series of car bombs as part of highly coordinated attacks that cut across a wide swath of the country Monday, killing at least 55 on the deadliest day in nearly a month. The assault bore the hallmarks of a resurgent al-Qaida in Iraq and appeared aimed at sowing fear days before the first elections since U.S. tr... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:45:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019788-iraq-attacks-kill-55-than-week-vote.html 2013-04-15T16:45:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017702-iraqis-prepare-vote-us-withdrawal.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Even the dead are not spared the campaigning for Iraq's upcoming local elections. Brightly colored placards blanket major streets and hang around the vast cemetery in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, appealing to the hundreds of mourners who stream through each day. The April 20 vote for provincial governing councils will be the first electio... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:19:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017702-iraqis-prepare-vote-us-withdrawal.html 2013-04-13T16:19:50Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2012380-iraq-national-museum-long-way-public-opening.html BAGHDAD (AP) — In Iraq's national museum, home to some of the world's most precious artifacts of ancient Mesopotamia, a caption beside a skeleton simply reads in English: "dated to very old time." And some of the museum's most impressive pieces carry no labels at all — like a giant stone head lying on the ground that may or may not belong on a nearby empt... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:16:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2012380-iraq-national-museum-long-way-public-opening.html 2013-04-11T07:16:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2008818-10-year-anniversary-baghdad-fall-to-us-forces.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Ten years ago, a statue fell in Baghdad's Firdous Square. Joyful Iraqis helped by an American tank retriever pulled down their longtime dictator, cast as 16 feet of bronze. The scene broadcast live worldwide became an icon of the war, a symbol of final victory over Saddam Hussein. But for the residents of the capital, it was only the beginn... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:58:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2008818-10-year-anniversary-baghdad-fall-to-us-forces.html 2013-04-09T18:58:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2006562-reagan-thatcher-forged-close-lasting-bond.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, two self-assured and firm-speaking conservatives, joined forces in the early 1980s and drastically changed the economic and political landscapes in both of their countries. Their calls for more-austere government and lower taxes still resonate with conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic. And thei... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:10:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2006562-reagan-thatcher-forged-close-lasting-bond.html 2013-04-08T21:10:53Z