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REVEALED: 13 - The Real Truth

Leila Khaled: Rafik Hariri Transferred Wadie Haddad’s Weapons to Europe

Episode One Journalists sometimes fall into the trap of being drawn into the story of a thorny, sensual, or cruel man who has a remarkable role at a certain stage. The man’s name could be Vladimir Putin, Saddam Hussein, or Muammar Gaddafi. I was attracted to stories shrouded in so…

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‘A beautiful outpouring of rage’: did Britain’s biggest ever protest change the world?

In February 2003, 1.5 million people protested in London against the looming conflict. They didn’t stop the war… but their legacy still looms large

The Guardian - UK

20 years later, Senate eyes repeal of Iraq war authorization

The Senate will vote this month to repeal two decades-old measures that approved American military action in Iraq

The Independent UK

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Examining America's War in Iraq After 20 Years

It was a blunder. Worse than that, it was a crime.

Reason

Saddam's Guard Gave Information About his Hideout in Tikrit

A US commandos force arrested former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who disappeared immediately after the toppling of his regime. The search and arrest of Saddam was a priority for the US political and military leadership, especially after the operations targeting these forces escalated in several Iraqi regions. Everyone saw the…

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Who is Nadhim Zahawi? All you need to know about the ex-Tory Party chairman

Iraqi refugee who arrived in Britain aged nine with no English rose to No 11 Downing Street and propped up Boris Johnson’s ailing administration last summer, only to be brought down by scandal of his own

The Independent UK

Nadhim Zahawi: The chancellor who took one too many chances

Profile: Nadhim Zahawi, the man who came to the UK without a word of English and ran to be the next prime minister, by Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK

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Mohammed Sami: The Point 0; Giorgio Morandi: Masterpieces from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation – review

The masterly paintings of Baghdad-born Mohammed Sami conjure an ominous no man’s land. And vases conspire with jugs in the still lifes of Giorgio Morandi

The Guardian - UK

Saddam Hussein mural painter creates a world of turmoil – Mohammed Sami review

Sami, a refugee from Iraq, learned his trade painting his country’s then leader. His disquieting works, full of tortured surfaces, feel like distillations of death and chaos

The Guardian - UK

Who is Nadhim Zahawi? All you need to know about the ex-Tory Party chairman

The Independent UK

Where was James Bond when Saddam invaded Kuwait in 1990?

After the end of the Cold War, the future of our spy services looked in doubt

The Guardian - UK

Basra excited ahead of Arabian Gulf Cup tournament kickoff

The 25th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup football tournament will start in Iraq on Friday.

Al Jazeera

Army special operations veteran describes moment elite team captured Saddam Hussein: ‘Holy cow’

The Army veteran claims former President George W Bush possesses the gun Hussein was armed with when he was captured

The Independent UK

US Navy Seal reveals what his team told Saddam Hussein after being captured in Iraq

The details emerged as retired US Army Master Sergeant Kevin Holland, part of the team that tracked down the fugitive, spoke for the first time about the arrest on December 13, 2003

Daily Mirror

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The New Daily

‘Serious as it can get’: Cabinet papers reveal Howard government’s security focus

Australia was a nation gripped by fear and preoccupied with national security and defence in 2002, according to a former senior minister.

Evening Standard

Barbara Walters dies: Trailblazing US news anchor and interviewer passes away aged 93

In a career spanning five decades, she interviewed world leaders including Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein, Vladimir Putin, and every US president since Richard Nixon

Daily Mirror

Surgeon who saved Brit soldiers in Iraq now helping Ukrainians attacked by Putin

Munjed Al Muderis fled Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime in 1999 aged 27 and started a new life in Australia, where he trained as an orthopaedic surgeon. He became a world expert on osseointegration

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The Day Saddam Hussein’s Corpse Was Laid in Front of Maliki’s Home

Friday marked the 16th anniversary of the execution of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The death sentence did not come as a shock.

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The Conversation

Is the terrorism threat over?

Eight years after raising the national terrorism threat level, Australia recently lowered it again – from mid-range (probable) to low-range (possible).

Reuters

Analysis-Iraq's mercurial Moqtada Sadr risks isolation with political retreat

Moqtada al-Sadr, the Muslim Shi'ite cleric who dominated Iraqi politics for two decades, seems isolated for now after his move to step back from formal politics emboldened his Iranian-backed rivals and raised the prospect of fresh factional flare-ups.

The Conversation

A tortured and deadly legacy: Kissinger and realpolitik in US foreign policy

In 2023, Henry Kissinger will mark a century since his birth and more than 50 years of influence on American foreign policy. Kissinger’s centennial represents an important opportunity to reflect on not only his influence, but also the effects of the vision of foreign policy he has espoused.

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Iraq Receives $8 Mn from UN Compensation Commission After Full Payment to Kuwait

The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) received the remaining sum from the UN Compensation Fund after paying all compensations to Kuwait relating to the invasion of Kuwait during the rule of late President Saddam Hussein in 1990. In a statement, CBI said it received $7.9 million, the remaining money in…

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Activist Sentenced to 3 Years in Jail for Criticizing PMF in Iraq

The Iraqi judiciary sentenced on Monday an activist to three years in prison for “insulting state institutions” after criticizing the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). In a Facebook post, Haidar al-Zeidi, 24, said he had been previously arrested by the PMF and detained for two weeks before being released on bail.…

Daily Mirror

Iran leader's niece slams her uncle's 'child-killing regime' amid mass protests

Farideh Moradkhani said people in Iran are fighting the regime’s "Satanic forces of evil" with remarkable courage and called on the world to support Iran’s "lions and lionesses"

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Seven US Betrayals of Kurds within a Century… Will It Fail Them Again in Syria?

If the reaction to Turkish incursions or continued aerial bombardment against Kurdish targets in northern Syria does not meet Kurdish expectations and demands, it wouldn’t be the first time Kurds are betrayed by the US or the West. In the past century, the global and regional balance of power has…

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