Saddam Hussein

Hard work pays off for farming family

Bariz Ajal Rashid, the Mukhtar of the northern Kirkuk village of Chemin, demonstrates the versatility of his village hoop house, an enclosed farm designed to allow farmers to farm year round for up to ten years. Photo by Lt....

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Wasted U.S. Spending in Iraq: $53 billion and Counting

Since the ouster of Saddam Hussein in 2003, the U.S. taxpayer has been rebuilding Iraq and – for just as long – I have been complaining about this being unnecessary and even counterproductive. (See here, here, and here for...

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Iraq expected FIFA ban, planning appeal

BAGHDAD, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Iraqi sports authorities were not surprised soccer's world governing body decided to suspend the country from international competition and already have lawyers working on an appeal, an official said.

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Iraq appeals FIFA ban, not surprised by it

Baghdad - Fifa banned the Asian champions on Friday after the country's Olympic Committee disbanded the governing board of the Iraqi Football Association, the culmination of a feud over control of the sport that has lasted for...

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The Israel Lobby, the Neocons, and the Iranian-American Community

Make no mistake. The campaign against NIAC and Parsi by the Israel lobby and the neocons, aided by Iranian monarchists and the MKO, is in fact a campaign to silence anyone and any group that opposes crippling sanctions and...

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20. The truth about oil

Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil Author: Peter Maass Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf WE live in a world that is painfully ironic, more so if it concerns oil. As Peter Maass puts it in his new book Crude World, the world of...

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On official Obama site- the creepiest use of children in a video since Saddam Hussein

I am a fan of horror movies. I have basically seen it all. But this video from Barack Hussein's site makes me physically ill, and I'm not exaggerating. This is nothing short of calling Republicans baby killers.

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Christina Patterson: What we can learn from the Sikh in the BNP

So, the BNP is about to welcome a Mr Rajinder Singh. And, quite frankly, it's a bit of a shock. Members of the party that wants to put the "great" back in Great Britain are meant to look as though they've spent their lives in...

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PETER OBORNE: Tony Blair looks haunted, but with new claims that he was behind torture and war...

One can only fear for Tony Blair after last Thursday's European summit at Brussels. For the truth is that evidence continues to amass that, under the Blair premiership, the British state was responsible, at times, for some...

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Denis MacShane: At last Britain wins a Euro-title

Listening to Justin Webb stuttering himself into silence on Today yesterday morning was a reminder of how poorly trained London-based journalists are on how Europe works. Webb was a master of Capitol Hill in Washington and...

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