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4 Feb 2009, 9:00 pm
In a statement that would prove unsuccessful, Powell claimed that intervention was necessary because the country, then led by Saddam Hussein, possessed chemical (left) and other weapons of mass destruction. [read post]
1 Feb 2009, 2:25 am
In 2004, as the Iraq occupation ran into trouble, a flurry of books presented the Bush administration's obsession with Saddam Hussein before 9/11 as prima facie evidence of the administration's crookedness. [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 12:59 pm
Greg's expertise led him to serve the United States Department of Justice in Iraq, as an advisor to the Iraqi government on criminal cases against former members of the regime of Saddam Hussein. [read post]
22 Jan 2009, 5:01 am
The trial of Saddam Hussein was mired in controversy from start to finish. [read post]
18 Jan 2009, 11:34 am
" Stephen Kinzer draws the Bush/Ahab connection, reflecting on Moby Dick: [Ahab] explains his determination to destroy the white whale in terms President Bush might have used to explain his obsession with Saddam Hussein: "He tasks me; he heaps me; I see in him outrageous strength. [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 10:40 am
Courts have jurisdiction over Iraq in claims involving alleged misdeeds that occurred during Saddam Hussein's regime. [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 10:31 am
The Court also agreed to hear three other cases, testing the rights of Americans to sue the present government of Iraq over abuses by the former regime of Saddam Hussein; the duty of local governments to carry out the results of employment tests even if they reduce job opportunities for minority workers; and the duty of states to fully fund English language instruction for students who lack those skills, the first case the Court has ever heard on the “No Child Left Behind… [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 7:20 am
The cases were consolidated, and the question before the Court will be: "Does Republic of Iraq possess sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States in cases involving alleged misdeeds of Saddam Hussein regime predicated on now-repealed state sponsor of terrorism subject matter exception to immunity of former 28 U.S.C. [read post]
7 Jan 2009, 1:53 am
Israelis Sue Oil-for-Food Companies for Alleged Ties to Palestinian Terrorists Legal Times Victims of Palestinian terrorist attacks have filed suit against U.S. companies that allegedly paid kickbacks to Saddam Hussein during the Iraqi Oil For Food Program, alleging that by doing business with the dictator, the corporations indirectly financed terrorist organizations such as Hamas. [read post]
6 Jan 2009, 9:10 am
Glenn Reynolds writes: THEY TOLD ME THAT IF WE TOPPLED SADDAM HUSSEIN, gas would be cheaper than it was in 2001. [read post]
31 Dec 2008, 3:02 am
Last month "tens of thousands" of Iraqi protesters marched to the Baghdad square where, years earlier, another crowd famously toppled statue of Saddam Hussein. [read post]
29 Dec 2008, 1:09 am
[JURIST] The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal [governing statute, PDF] on Sunday commenced a new trial of two Saddam-era officials, including senior figures of Hussein's government, for their alleged involvement in the execution of thousands of political opponents during Hussein's rule. [read post]
23 Dec 2008, 3:27 pm
It once gave the keys to the city to Saddam Hussein. [read post]
22 Dec 2008, 10:30 pm
Courts have jurisdiction over Iraq in claims involving alleged misdeeds that occurred during Saddam Hussein’s regime. [read post]
22 Dec 2008, 6:09 am
[JURIST] An Iraqi national living in Maryland on Sunday pleaded guilty to charges of spying for the Iraqi government [DOJ press release] under Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
22 Dec 2008, 2:03 am
[JURIST] An Iraqi court on Sunday began a new trial for Ali Hassan al-Majid [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], better known in the Western media as "Chemical Ali," and three other Saddam Hussein-era officials accused in a 1998 gas attack that killed 5,000 Kurds. [read post]
20 Dec 2008, 5:56 am
[JURIST] Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani said Friday that 23 employees of the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior [JURIST news archive] who were arrested this week [JURIST report] for alleged attempts to rebuild Saddam Hussein's Baath party [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] have been released. [read post]
19 Dec 2008, 12:16 pm
The failed assassin was none other than a young Saddam Hussein. [read post]