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Saddam hanged for crimes committed while backed by United States.(Inside Track)
The media has widely reported the fact that Saddam Hussein's December 30 execution had been ordered as punishment for the killings of 148 men and boys in the northern town of Dujail in 1982. Less reported is the fact that Saddam enjoyed a considerable amount of U.S. support during the 1980s and before.
An April 10, 2003 report by UPI writer Richard Sale stated that Saddam's "first contacts with U.S. officials date back to 1959, when he was part of a CIA-authorized six-man squad tasked with assassinating then Iraqi Prime Minister Gen. Abd al-Karim Qasim.... The CIA/Defense Intelligence Agency relation with Saddam intensified after the start of the Iran-Iraq war in September of 1980."
In a briefing with White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer on January 27, 2003, White House reporter Russell Mokhiber referenced an article the previous day in the San Francisco Chronicle that a number of major American corporations--including Hewlett-Packard and Bechtel--helped Saddam Hussein beef up his military in the 1980s. Mokhiber said ...
- White House Dismisses Offer from Saddam Hussein to Debate Bush.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News February 25, 2003 700+ words
...25--WASHINGTON--Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein has issued a direct challenge to President...this opportunity?" he asked. The White House brushed off the offer. "That is not...this because war is not a joke." The White House appeared to be giving up a golden opportunity...
- White House slaps down overture by Saddam Hussein as ships pour into Gulf.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Simon, Roger November 16, 1998 700+ words
...WASHINGTON _ The White House quickly slapped...Iraqi President Saddam Hussein Friday as U...starter,'' White House spokesman Joe...president.'' The White House also said there...real risk that Saddam Hussein and Iraq and...
- White House paper outlines its case against Saddam Hussein.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service September 12, 2002 700+ words
...challenging the United Nations to act against Iraq, the White House issued a background paper titled "A Decade of Deception...that catalogs its case against the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The document contains no new information. Rather, it...
- White House to Reveal Information Linking Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News January 28, 2003 700+ words
...soon to support its charges that Saddam Hussein has links to Osama Bin Laden...to the Sept. 11 attacks. The White House will also begin declassifying...inspectors. The case against Saddam Hussein so far: Iraq's stock of VX...
- Time to attack Iraq? White House must spell out a case for a war to oust Saddam...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Rubin, Trudy July 19, 2002 700+ words
...thousands of troops to Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein. Pentagon press leaks hint of battle...KRT Direct. ARCHIVE CARICATURE of Saddam Hussein available from KRT Direct. (c) 2002...KRT Direct. ARCHIVE CARICATURE of Saddam Hussein available from KRT Direct.
- Time to attack Iraq? White House must spell out a case for a war to oust Saddam...
- Newspaper article from: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) July 19, 2002 700+ words
...plan to send tens of thousands of troops to Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein. Pentagon press leaks hint of battle by early next year...Rubin available from KRT Direct. ARCHIVE CARICATURE of Saddam Hussein available from KRT Direct.
- New York, Oct 13 (PTI) Former CIA officers have concluded that the White House...
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. October 13, 2005 700+ words
...related to postwar Iraq. The review, led b Richard Kerr, a former deputy director of central intelligence, was disputed by White House spokesman Frederick Jones, who told the daily: "we did plan adequately for the postwar period." While Kerr's review...
- Suddenly Saddam: U.S. shifts focus to `Baghdad's bad boy'.(Saddam Hussein)
- Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication September 20, 2002 700+ words
...Osama bin Laden. He's Saddam Hussein, the longtime dictator...about sharing his views on Saddam Hussein. At a recent press conference, White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer...president ... believes that Saddam Hussein is a menace to world peace...
Source: HighBeam Research, Saddam hanged for crimes committed while backed by United...