Tag: Saddam Hussein

Cpl. Charles A. Graner Jr. appearing to punch one of several handcuffed detainees lying on the floor in late 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq. Graner was later convicted of offenses that included stacking the prisoners into a pyramid, knocking one of them out with a head punch and ordering prisoners to masturbate while soldiers took pictures. He was released Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011 from a military prison after serving more than 6Â½ years of a 10-year sentence, an Army spokeswoman said.

What were they thinking when they chose to invade Iraq?

Dan Hannan · March 13, 2023 1:10 am

Magazine - Obituary

David Kay, 1940-2022

Philip Terzian · August 26, 2022 3:00 am

Beltway Confidential

The problem with Colin Powell’s UN speech wasn’t what you think

Michael Rubin · October 21, 2021 3:11 pm

Colin Powell now passes into legend

Quin Hillyer · October 18, 2021 12:00 am

Outgoing Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno speaks during his final news briefing, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno dies

Mike Brest · October 11, 2021 8:09 pm

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

On former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld

Jamie McIntyre · July 9, 2021 3:00 am

‘Saddam Hussein’s god-awful, gaudy palace’: Biden recalls naturalization ceremony in Iraq before Fourth of July

Naomi Lim · July 2, 2021 8:39 pm

A grim-faced Attorney General Ramsey Clark covers the microphone on April 7, 1968 during an appearance on television from Washington. He said that federal investigators are on the trail of "one man on the run" in the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and hope for an early arrest. Clark was a guest on the program "Meet the Press," aired by the National Broadcasting Company.

Ramsey Clark, friend of dictators

James Snell · April 16, 2021 4:00 am

My Desert Storm

Washington Examiner · March 5, 2021 4:00 am

Joy Reid attends Politicon at The Pasadena Convention Center on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif.

Joy Reid likens Trump to Saddam Hussein and asks if ‘de-Baathification’ of GOP is possible

Andrew Mark Miller · January 15, 2021 8:28 pm

Magazine - Obituary

Izzat Ibrahim al Douri, 1942-2020

Philip Terzian · November 6, 2020 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Trump adviser Elliott Abrams brings Iraq-style hubris to Venezuela and Iran

Bonnie Kristian · August 11, 2020 5:54 pm