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1. News - World - IRAQ

   Suicide truck bomb kills 9 as Iraq unrest spikes

   Posted Apr 01st 2013, 05:54pm by AFP

   ... News World Tikrit Suicide Bombing Saddam Hussein Agence France-Presse in Baghdad A suicide truck bomber killed nine people at a police headquarters on Monday as data showed March was Iraq’s deadliest month since August, raising fears of a surge in violence leading up to elections. The latest attack, in Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, comes as Iraq marks 10 years since ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1204782/suicide-bomber-kills-7-police-hq-iraqs-tikrit
2. America 'bribed its way to victory'

   Posted May 26th 2003, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Politics Iraq Saddam Hussein Baghdad fell without a fight because the US bribed the commander of the 'special' Republican Guard unit defending the city, a French newspaper reported yesterday. General Maher Soufiane al-Takriti, a cousin of Saddam Hussein, received a multi-million dollar bribe, and the promise of safe conduct for himself and his family, according ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/416652/america-bribed-its-way-victory
3. Alive is better than dead for Iraqis seeking justice

   Posted Jul 27th 2003, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... by the ousted regime. Uday and Qusay Hussein, more feared and hated by Iraqis than their father, died during a six-hour siege of a villa by 200 heavily armed US troops acting on a tip-off. The hail ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/422963/alive-better-dead-iraqis-seeking-justice
4. Channel hop

   Posted Aug 01st 2010, 12:00am by Yvonne Lai

   ... in the South Park cartoon series? By comparison, the portrait of Hussein painted in House of Saddam (HBO; Mondays at 11pm), a biopic co-produced by the BBC and HBO, resembles that of a human being. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/721054/channel-hop
5. Follow international rules in Hussein case

   Posted Dec 21st 2003, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... the second world war and the ongoing prosecution of former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic. It is necessary to confirm that Saddam Hussein is a war prisoner whose treatment respects the rules ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/438841/follow-international-rules-hussein-case
6. Call yourself a dictator?

   Posted Dec 20th 2003, 12:00am by Peter Kammerer

   ... for much-needed refreshments. There, the membership secretary scrubs Hussein's gold-lettered name from an honour board and the conversation turns to strongmen of the past and present. Much ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/438764/call-yourself-dictator
7. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Bitter lessons of war in Iraq

   Posted Mar 19th 2013, 12:00am

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Iraq War George W. Bush Saddam Hussein SCMP Editorial The drumbeats of war were thundering loudly this day 10 years ago. Then US president George W. Bush and British prime minister Tony Blair had for months been making their case for the invasion of Iraq. They argued that the removal of dictator Saddam Hussein would lead to the unearthing of weapons ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1194055/bitter-lessons-war-iraq
8. News - World - IRAQ WAR

   Iraq looks back on a decade without peace after shock and awe

   Posted Mar 19th 2013, 12:00am by Associated Press

   ... discord in Iraq.The Americans and their allies left behind a broken, traumatised country - a land no longer at war but without peace. The toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime destroyed ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1193932/iraq-looks-back-decade-without-peace-aftermath-shock-and-awe
9. News - World - IRAQ

   Iraq marks a decade since the fall of Baghdad

   Posted Apr 09th 2013, 11:15am by AFP

   ... News World Iraq War Baghdad Saddam Hussein Iraq Firdos Square Al-Qaeda Agence France-Presse in Baghdad Iraq on Tuesday marks a decade since US-led forces took control of Baghdad, sealing the ouster of Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime, but the country remains plagued by deadly attacks and mired in political crises. Remembered the world over for the iconic images of Iraqis pulling down ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1210596/iraq-marks-decade-fall-baghdad
10. 'NOTHING TO ADD' TO SADDAM ASYLUM CLAIM

    Posted Mar 03rd 2003, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... Macau Saddam Hussein Stanley Ho Stanley Ho Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho Hung-sun declined to expand on his remarks on Saturday that North Korea had offered asylum to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. His office in Macau said he had 'nothing to add' to his remarks. ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/407956/nothing-add-saddam-asylum-claim

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