Patrick Treacy is urging people to “recognise the resilience” they have as he celebrates 25 years since he was released from ...

Learn how Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq with an iron fist for almost 30 years. To maintain power, he used fear, intimidation and violence like few other dictators in history, but he made the fatal ...

Chris VanSant, now a Defense Industry Consultant, spoke to ex-SAS Sergeant Major Mark Billingham about his experience ...

The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq, Steve Coll, Penguin Press, 576 pages Saddam Hussein was the first person I saw die on television.

One of Saddam Hussein’s alleged former weapons chiefs has been recruited as a scientist at one of Britain’s most important research facilities. Physicist Dr Saleh Al-Atabi was a commander in ...

A golden assault rifle from one of Saddam Hussein's palaces is going on display for the first time. The AK-47 is thought to have been gifted to someone by the Iraqi dictator. The weapon is part of ...

The collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime, following the US-led invasion, prompted Dr Saleh al-Atabi to flee to Britain and seek asylum Credit: INA/EPA The Ba’ath party was used by Saddam to ...

Washington’s failure to foresee Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, in 1990, was just one of what Coll calls a “cascade of errors” that would start several wars and end many lives.

Adeed Dawisha, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Middle East Politics in the Department of Political Science. He specializes in Iraq's transition to democracy since the downfall of Saddam Hussein's ...