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Ad-Dawr is a small agricultural town near the Iraqi town of Tikrit, Saddam Husseins birthplace. ...
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Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was the fifth President of Iraq and Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council from 1979 until his overthrow by US forces in 2003. ...
Colonel James Hickey (second from right) on the night of Operation Red Dawn Colonel James Hickey, US Army earned notoriety because of his leadership during Operation Red Dawn which netted Saddam Hussein. ...
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Belligerents Sunni factions: Baathists Saddamists 1920 Revolution Brigade Nationalists Sunni tribes Sunni Islamists: Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda in Iraq Other Sunni groups Shia factions:Mahdi Army Badr Corps Rogue elements among the Iraqi security forces Shia tribes Other militias Public security: New Iraqi Army Iraqi security forces...
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| | | | | Operation Red Dawn was a military operation conducted by the United States Armed Forces on December 13, 2003 in the small town of ad-Dawr in Iraq, near Tikrit. The operation resulted in the capture of the country's former president, Saddam Hussein, and put to rest rumours of his death. The operation, and its two main objectives, were thought to be named for the 1984 film Red Dawn. Major Brian Reed, the officer who wrote up the Op Order for the mission, and named it, said that there was no connection whatsoever with the film. But another officer, U.S. Army Capt. Geoffrey McMurray, told USA TODAY that he was the soldier who picked the name and confirmed its connection to the film.[1] Combatants Iraq Coalition Forces: U.S., United Kingdom, Poland Casualties hundreds 14 KIA[1] The Battle of Umm Qasr was the first military confrontation in the Iraq War. ...
Combatants United Kingdom Iraq Casualties 7 killed [1] Unknown The Battle of Basra (March-April 2003) was one of the first battles of the invasion of Iraq. ...
Combatants Iraq Coalition Forces: U.S. Strength Iraqi Army 3d Corps USMC Task Force Tarawa Casualties 359-431 KIA; +300 POW; +1000 WIA[1] 29 KIA; 6 POW; 60 WIA The Battle of Nasiriyah occurred during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ...
Combatants Iraqi Army Iraqi Republican Guard United States Army Casualties 2,320 killed 34 killed; several hundred wounded The 2003 Battle of Baghdad was a military invasion that took place in early April 2003, as part of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ...
Combatants United States Kurdish Resistance Iraq Strength 26 U.S. Special Forces 80 Kurdish fighters Unknown Casualties 18 civilians and Kurdish fighters 2 T-55 tanks, 8 armoured personnel carriers, 4 troop trucks, unknown number of soldiers killed, 20 captured The Battle of Debecka Pass, sometimes known as the Battle...
Combatants United States New Iraqi Army Iraqi Insurgency Commanders Gen. ...
Combatants Coalition Forces: United States United Kingdom Australia New Iraqi Army Kurdish forces Multinational forces in Iraq Insurgent Forces: Baath Loyalists Al-Qaeda in Iraq Mahdi Army Other insurgent groups and militias Commanders Gen. ...
Combatants United States Iraqi insurgents Commanders James T. Conway Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Strength 2,200[1] 8,000[2] Casualties 27 killed, 90+ wounded[3] 184 insurgents, 616 civilians killed (estimated)[4] The First Battle of Fallujah, codenamed Operation Vigilant Resolve by the United States Military, was an unsuccessful...
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Combatants United States Iraqi insurgents Strength 150 300 Casualties 5 killed, 25 wounded 150 killed, 20 captured The Battle of Husybah was fought in the spring of 2004 during the same time as the First Battle of Fallujah. ...
Combatants United States Iraq al-Mahdi Army Commanders unknown Muqtada al-Sadr Strength 2,000 U.S. Marines 1,800 Iraqi Security Forces 2,000+ Casualties 13 killed, 100+ wounded (U.S.) 40 killed, 46 wounded (Iraqi Security Forces) 159 killed, 261 captured The Battle of Najaf was a battle...
Combatants United States Iraqi Security Forces Mujahideen Shura of al-Falluja Al-Qaeda in Iraq Commanders Richard F. Natonski Abdullah al-Janabi Omar Hussein Hadid Strength 8,000 (including 5,000 non-combat troops) 4,000 - 5,000 (combatants) Casualties (December 23, 2004) U.S.: 95 killed, 630 wounded[1...
Combatants United States, Iraqi Security Forces Iraqi insurgents Strength 2,000 Unknown Casualties 4 killed (U.S.) 116 killed and 5,000 deserted (Iraqi forces)[1] 5 civilians killed 1 British security contractor killed 1 Turkish contractor killed 71 killed The Battle for Mosul was a battle fought during the...
Belligerents New Iraqi Army Iraqi insurgents Strength 500-700 commandos 120 Casualties and losses 7 killed, 6 wounded[1] 84 killed, 1 captured[2] The Lake Tharthar Raid was an Iraqi commando raid on a large insurgent training camp at Lake Tharthar on March 23, 2005. ...
Combatants United States Marine Corps Iraqi insurgents Commanders Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Strength 1,000 unknown Casualties 9 KIA,40 WIA [1] 125+ military and civilian killed The Battle of Al Qaim (code-named Operation Matador) was a military offensive conducted by the United States Marine Corps, against insurgent positions...
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Combatants United States Marine Corps New Iraqi Army Iraqi insurgents Commanders unknown Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Casualties 10 killed, 30 wounded [1] 169 insurgents killed, 208 captured, 54 civilians killed Operation Steel Curtain was a military endeavor executed by coalition forces in early November 2005 to blunt the protrusion of...
Combatants United States Army New Iraqi Army Iraqi insurgents Strength Iraqi Forces:5,000 US forces:3,500 unknown Casualties USA:4 KIA, 52 WIA Iraq:15 KIA, 36 WIA 163 KIA, 295 captured[1] The Battle of Tal Afar was a military offensive conducted by the United States Army...
Combatants United States Army New Iraqi Army Mujahideen Shura Council Strength 2,000 unknown Casualties 75 killed, 200+ wounded (U.S.) unknown // With the sectarian fighting ongoing, and an operation to curb the killings in Baghdad started a few days before, the Americans were ready to take on the insurgents...
Combatants United States Army New Iraqi Army Mujahideen Shura Council Mahdi Army Commanders Gen. ...
Combatants New Iraqi Army Mahdi Army Casualties 23 killed 20 killed, 10 captured The Battle of Diwaniya took place on August 28, 2006 between the Mahdi Army and the Iraqi Army. ...
Combatants United States Army New Iraqi Army Iraqi insurgency Commanders Gen. ...
Combatants UK New Iraqi Army Mahdi Army Strength 5,300 Unknown Casualties 11 KIA, 27 WIA (U.K.),[1] 1 KIA (Denmark),[2] 17 killed (Iraqi security forces)[3] 12 killed, 29 captured Operation Sinbad is an operation led by the Iraqi Security Forces and supported by British, Danish and...
Combatants Iraqi Security Forces New Iraqi Army Mahdi Army Commanders unknown Muqtada al-Sadr Strength unknown 800 Casualties 10 killed [1] 6 wounded [2] 2 civilians killed [3] 22 civilians wounded [4] 15 killed [5] 90 wounded [6] The Battle of Amarah took place from October 19 to October 20...
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Combatants United States New Iraqi Army Iraqi insurgents Strength 4,200 (U.S. forces) 20,000 (Iraqi forces) 2,000[1] Casualties 93 killed (U.S. forces), 262 killed (Iraqi security forces) 20 killed (U.S.-allied Iraqi militia)[2] 644+ killed, 500 captured Iraq War Invasion – Post-invasion (Insurgency...
Combatants United States Iraq Iraqi insurgents Strength 900 unknown Casualties 20 killed (Iraqi forces)[1] 103 killed, 26 captured The Battle of Haifa Street was a battle fought over three days for the control of Haifa Street, a two-mile-long street in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, between American and Iraqi...
Combatants United States Iraqi insurgents Strength at least 12 9-12 (possibly 30 acc. ...
Belligerents Iraq United States United Kingdom Soldiers of Heaven, possibly Iraqi tribesmen Commanders Othman al-Ghanemi Dia Abdul-Zahra†[1] Ahmed Hassani al-Yemeni Strength Iraqi estimates of ~800 Casualties and losses 11-25 killed (Iraqi forces) 2 killed (U.S.) 1 AH-64 shot down Iraqi estimates of about...
Combatants United States Army New Iraqi Army Iraqi insurgency Commanders Abboud Qanbar David Petraeus unknown Strength ~90,000 [1] unknown Casualties 108 KIA, 325+ WIA (US)[2] 270 killed (Iraqi Security Forces) 274 killed (49 bombers)[3], ~2,500 captured (not all insurgents) 2,686 civilians killed (by May 11...
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Combatants United States New Iraqi Army 1920 Revolution Brigade[1] Awakening movements in Iraq [2] Iraqi Insurgency Al-Qaeda in Iraq Commanders Gen. ...
Combatants United States New Iraqi Army Iraqi Insurgency Al-Qaeda in Iraq Islamic State of Iraq Strength Approximately 10,000 Unknown Casualties 6 killed, 12 wounded (U.S.); 7 killed, 15 wounded (Iraqi Army);[1][2][3] 2 killed (U.S.-allied Iraqi militia) 3 killed (Iraqi police) 227+ killed...
Combatants United States Al-Qaeda in Iraq Strength One platoon 40 - 70 fighters Casualties 2 killed, 11 wounded 32 killed The Battle of Donkey Island was a skirmish that occurred on 30 June 2007 between elements of the 77th U.S. Armored Regiment and a numerically superior force of Al...
Combatants United States Army New Iraqi Army Iraqi insurgency Commanders Abboud Qanbar David Petraeus unknown Strength 16000+ unknown Operation Phantom Strike was a major offensive launched by the Multi-National Corps -Iraq on August 13 in a crackdown to disrupt Al-Quada in Iraq and Shia extremist operations in Iraq. ...
Combatants Iraqi Security Forces Mahdi Army Casualties 52 killed[1] The Battle of Karbala began on the night of August 27, 2007 and involved fighting between the Mahdi Army, who provided security for the pilgrims[1], and police (who were largely members of the Badr Organization) in Karbala, Iraq. ...
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Ad-Dawr is a small agricultural town near the Iraqi town of Tikrit, Saddam Husseins birthplace. ...
Looking north along the Tigris towards Saddams Presidential palace in April 2003 Tikrit (تكريت, Tikrīt also transliterated as Takrit or Tekrit) is a town in Iraq, located 140 km northwest of Baghdad on the Tigris river (at 34. ...
The President of Iraq is Iraqs head of state. ...
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was the fifth President of Iraq and Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council from 1979 until his overthrow by US forces in 2003. ...
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The operation was assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division, the Raider Brigade. Six hundred soldiers participated, including cavalry, engineers, artillery, air support, and special forces, under the overall command of Colonel James Hickey of the 4th Infantry Division. In military science a brigade is a military unit that is part of a division and includes regiments (where that level exists), or (in modern armies) is composed of several battalions (typically two to four) and directly attached supporting units. ...
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Colonel James Hickey (second from right) on the night of Operation Red Dawn Colonel James Hickey, US Army earned notoriety because of his leadership during Operation Red Dawn which netted Saddam Hussein. ...
Soldiers entered two sites (codenamed Wolverine 1 and Wolverine 2) outside the village of ad-Dawr but failed initially to find Saddam. A subsequent cordon and search operation found the fugitive leader hiding in a so-called "spider hole" at a small mud-walled compound. He was taken into custody at 20:30 local time. He was armed with a pistol, but offered no resistance during his capture. The soldiers also found a AK-47 rifle, US$750,000 in $100 bills, Bounty chocolate bar [1], and a McVitie's taxi chocolate biscuit.[2]. Two Iraqis, believed to be Saddam's former cook Qais Namuk and his brother, were also taken into custody. Hussein was later moved to an undisclosed location as soldiers continued to search the area. For other uses, see Wolverine (disambiguation). ...
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Local Reactions
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Shiite and Kurd As word of Saddam's capture spread, crowds of Iraqis began celebrating in the streets, dancing, firing guns into the air and honking car horns. A few hours after the announcement, a loud explosion jolted the Iraqi evening near the Palestine Hotel, where many international journalists are based. Thick smoke and fire billowed from the site, but authorities quickly realized it was caused by stray bullet that hit gasoline canisters on the truck. No one was injured. Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ...
 al-Maliki,currently Prime Minister amongst the people welcomed the news. Jalal Talabani told the Islamic Republic News Agency, "With the arrest of Saddam the financial resources feeding terrorists have been destroyed and his arrest will put an end to terrorist acts in Iraq." Image File history File linksMetadata Nouri_al-Maliki_with_Bush,_June_2006,_cropped. ...
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Nouri Kamel Mohammed Hassan al-Maliki (Arabic: نوري كامل المالكي, transliterated NÅ«rÄ« KÄmil al-MÄlikÄ«; born c. ...
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Jalal Talabani (Kurdish: / Celal Talebanî / Jelal Talebanà Arabic: , ) (born 1933), is an Iraqi politician, who was elected State President of Iraq on April 6, 2005, (sworn in the next day, April 7, and once again on April 22, 2006, by the Iraqi National Assembly). ...
The Islamic Republic News Agency (Persian: خبرگزاري جمهوري اسلامي ايران), or IRNA, is the official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. ...
Ahmed Chalabi, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council, said Sunday a group led by Kosrat Rassoul of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan helped U.S. forces find Saddam's hiding place. Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi1 (Arabic: Ø£Øمد الجلبي Ahmad al-JalabÄ«) (born October 30, 1944) was interim oil minister in Iraq[1] in April-May 2005 and December-January 2006 and deputy prime minister from May 2005 until May 2006. ...
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Sunni Hours after the capture, but before it was announced, a car bomb exploded outside an Iraqi police station in Khaldiyah, killing at least 10 Iraqis and wounding 20 others, most of them policemen, U.S. officials said. Iraqi officials reported a higher casualty toll.
In the retaliation to this attack, the Sunni militant or Baathist believed carried out.
Christian and Iraqi minority Some Christians in United States whom under pressure under Saddam celebrated the news. According to them, it was the prize for their Christmas.
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International reactions
Middle East
 Karzai welcomed the news. The government of Afghanistan welcomed the capture of Saddam Hussein, whose hands are stained with the blood of many innocent Iraqis. The capture of Saddam Hussein is a warning to terrorists such as Osama Bin Laden and Mullah Omar.[4] Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...
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Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: ‎; born March 10, 1957[1]), most often mentioned as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden, is a Saudi Arabian militant Islamist and is widely believed to be one of the founders of the organization called al-Qaeda. ...
Mullah Mohammed Omar (Pashto: ملا Ù…Øمد عمر) (born c. ...
A foreign ministry spokesman, quoted by the official BNA news agency, said it should restore unity and "cohesion" among the Iraqi people to build "a promising future in a prosperous Iraq enjoying security and cooperating with its neighbors to promote stability and development" in the region. Image File history File links Flag_of_Bahrain. ...
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher said," I don't think anyone will be sad over Saddam Hussein. His arrest does not change the fact that his regime was finished, and it is the natural consequence of the regime's fall. The Iraqi regime had harmed the Iraqi people and had pulled the Arab region into several storms." Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ...
Iran's Vice President Mohammed Ali Abtahi expressed satisfaction Sunday over the capture of Saddam Hussein, whom he described as a "criminal" who committed many crimes against the Iranians during the Iran-Iraq War. Image File history File links Flag_of_Iran. ...
Belligerents Iran Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Iraq Peoples Mujahedin of Iran Soldiers and volunteers from different Arab countries. ...
"I am happy they have arrested a criminal, whoever it may be, and I am even more happy because it is a criminal who committed so many crimes against Iranians," Abtahi told reporters in the first official Iranian reaction to the arrest
As the former enemy, Iranian rejoice the news.The Iranian soldiers in the war with Iraq during 8 years. Iran, Iraq's arch enemy, joined in the call for justice. He added,"Iranians have suffered a lot because of him and mass graves in Iraq prove the crimes he has committed against the Iraqi people." Iran-Iraq war. ...
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Belligerents Iran Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Iraq Peoples Mujahedin of Iran Soldiers and volunteers from different Arab countries. ...
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told that Saddam can no longer stand in the way of rebuilding the country he destroyed. Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ...
(Hebrew: , also known by his diminutive Arik ×ָרִיק) (born February 27, 1928) is a former Israeli politician and general. ...
Israel said Monday that Saddam Hussein’s capture was a lesson to its Arab enemies to abandon “terrorism”, as Egypt
prepared to renew efforts to persuade Palestinian factions to halt anti-Israeli attacks. Image File history File links Ariel_Sharon. ...
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Israel had regarded Saddam’s regime as its chief strategic enemy until his toppling in April.
The government spokeswoman said they hopes that a page has been turned and that the Iraqi people will be able to assume their responsibilities as soon as possible and build their future according to their will. The first and last word concerning the capture of Saddam Hussein or his fate must be given to the Iraqi . Image File history File links Flag_of_Jordan. ...
Kuwait Information Minister Mohammed Abulhassan said,"Thank God that he has been captured alive, so he can be tried for the heinous crimes he has committed. Kuwait today feels more relaxed and assured after the departure of this tyrant and after all are certain now that he will never return. The Kuwaiti people are happy for the Iraqi people. It is the end of the rule of tyranny. Saddam's capture is a turning point and an opportunity for Iraqis to unite."[5] Image File history File links Flag_of_Kuwait. ...
The situation was tense following news of the US capture of Saddam at the weekend, people being stunned at how easily the former Iraqi leader had apparently been captured. Image File history File links Flag_of_Lebanon. ...
However, the capture of Saddam did not necessarily spell US victory. "The capture of Saddam will not save the US from the world's condemnation for supporting the greater enemy, [Israeli Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon," said Selim Al-Hoss, former Lebanese Prime Minister.
 No comment from Yasser Arafat and his government. Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and his government made no comment. However Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi, a senior leader of the militant Hamas group, said the United States would "pay a very high price for the mistake" of capturing Saddam. Image File history File links Flag_of_Palestine. ...
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Dr. Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi (in the Arabic script عبدالعزيز الرنتيسي) (October 23, 1947 - April 17, 2004) was the co-founder of the Palestinian Islamist paramilitary and political organization Hamas. ...
Hamas (; acronym: , or Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or Islamic Resistance Movement[1]) is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist[2][3] militant organization and political party. ...
Disbelief and gloom seized many Palestinians on Sunday at news of Saddam Hussein's capture while Israel, which came under Iraqi Scud missile attack in the 1991 Gulf War[6]hailed the United States for capturing Saddam. Al Hussein or al-Husayn is a designation of an Iraqi missile During 1988-90, the Iraqis made strides in their indigenous rocket program, which was centered on upgrading the performance of the Scud. ...
The former Iraqi ruler was a hero to many Palestinians for his stand against Israel and its U.S. ally, as well as for giving financial aid to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers and others who died in a three-year-old uprising. For Israel, he was a menace over the horizon who long bankrolled the enemy and the Iraqi leader rained 39 Scud missiles on Israeli cities during the 1991 Gulf War. For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ...
"Saddam Hussein was a menace to the Arab world," said the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan. Image File history File links Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia. ...
Syrian Information Minister Ahmad al-Hassan told about Syria's position on Iraq is not based on the fate of individuals. We want an Iraq that preserves its territorial integrity, its unity and its sovereignty. Image File history File links Flag_of_Syria. ...
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Asia
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Morshed Khan quoted as saying, "We hope this will pave the way for the Iraqi people to have a government of their own, a government by the people and for the people of Iraq." Image File history File links Flag_of_Bangladesh. ...
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao hopes that the latest development of the situation in Iraq is conducive to the Iraqi people taking their destiny into their own hands, and to realising peace and stability in Iraq.[7] Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ...
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- The desperate capture of Iraqi former president Saddam symbolizes the bad fate of a corrupt dictator and also the best Christmas present this year for US President George Bush, but for the Iraqis who have undergone a baptism of fire in the war, the days of peace are still far away, and the road of reconstruction is as long and arduous as before.
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- With Hussein's capture, Iraqis can at last begin to close this brutal and tragic chapter in their history.
The Indian government's response to the capture of Saddam Hussein has been measured and guarded. When US Secretary of State Colin Powell called Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha on Monday to discuss the capture of Saddam, whom Washington has named a tyrant, Sinha is said to Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ...
have reacted in a manner that did not echo the effusion flowing from the rest of the world. In the words of an official with the foreign ministry, Sinha "maintained a stiff upper lip". The Iraqi insurgency (also called the Iraqi resistance) comprises the groups fighting against the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the Iraqi Transitional Government. ...
Sinha, in his brief conversation with Powell, merely expressed hope that such developments would contribute to the stabilization of Iraq. Powell told Sinha that the capture would bring "a change in the existing situation and lead to greater respect for the Iraqi Governing Council." The Iraqi Governing Council. ...
In Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, the reaction was muted. Foreign Ministry spokesman Marty Natalegawa says the arrest of the former Iraqi president has not changed how Indonesia felt about the situation in Iraq. Indonesia's leaders strongly opposed the U-S-led invasion of Iraq. Indonesian leaders also said they hoped the capture of Saddam Hussein will help bring peace to Iraq and return control of the country back to its citizens. Image File history File links Flag_of_Indonesia. ...
An Indonesian sentenced to death in 2002 Bali bombings agreed, saying Muslim militants would continue the fight against America. The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. ...
"Even if 1,001 Saddam Husseins were arrested it would not weaken our struggle," Ali Ghufron shouted to reporters as he left a court on the resort island.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday said he hopes that Saddam Hussein's capture would lead to improvements in Iraq. He says the capture would be positive if it brings major steps toward the stability and reconstruction of Iraq.Prime Minister Koizumi's cabinet has approved a controversial plan to send troops to Iraq. He said he would continue to assess the security situation in Iraq before dispatching the soldiers. Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ...
Junichiro Koizumi , born January 8, 1942) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. ...
 Koizumi promised to send the Japanese troops. In Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda agreed the arrest was "great news," but cautioned it would not necessarily lead to peace. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (655x828, 254 KB) redirect [[_]]From de:. Description: Public Domain (bzw. ...
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"The problem, however, is terrorism. I don't think the arrest of Saddam Hussein can stop all terror attacks," Fukuda said.
The Malaysian government said the Iraqi people should decide how Saddam is brought to justice on accusations of gross human rights violations. Image File history File links Flag_of_Malaysia. ...
Iraqis should "be given the right to decide on the manner and procedure of bringing Saddam Hussein to face justice,"
said Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi , head of both the Non-Aligned Movement of 116 international law," Abdullah added. Image File history File links Abdullah_Badawi_2004. ...
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Saddam Hussein during his first appearance before the Iraqi Special Tribunal Saddam Hussein (April 28, 1937 - December 30, 2006), the former President of Iraq, was tried by the interim Iraqi government for crimes against humanity. ...
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Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar on Monday expressed hope that the capture of Saddam Hussein would contribute towards bringing peace and stability in Iraq and the surrounding region. A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a governmental cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign nation. ...
Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar (born January 15, 1944 in Kampong Malayu Air Hitam, Penang, Malaysia) is a politician from Malaysia. ...
The United Nations should now play a bigger role in achieving this objective, Syed Hamid told reporters here concerning the capture of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein by the United States troops in Iraq.
"With peace and stability in Iraq, we hope that an Iraqi government representing the free and independent Iraqi people could be set up to start the reconstruction process of that nationfor the benefit of its people," he said.
He said the views and inputs of the Iraqis should be taken into account in deciding whatever action to be initiated against Saddam.
Former Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohammed urged the fair for the trial of Saddam Hussein. [8] Mahathir bin Mohamad (born December 20, 1925 in Alor Star, Kedah) was the Prime Minister of Malaysia from July 16, 1981 to 2003. ...
The response in Pakistan also was low-key. Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan called the capture an important development. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
South Korea welcomed the news, which came hours after its government made a final decision to send 3,000 troops to Iraq.[9] Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea. ...
More than 20 Sri Lankan lawyers planned to defend the former Iraqi President at his trial. Image File history File links Flag_of_Sri_Lanka. ...
An hour after US announced the captured, President Chen Shui Bian congratulated the US for what he called " a big victory". Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China. ...
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- Showing degrading pictures of a prisoner, even if he was a cruel tyrant, does not increase the moral authority of those who overpowered him.
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The German chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, greeted the development 'with much happiness'. In a telegram to George Bush, he called for intensified efforts to rebuild Iraq. [10] Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ...
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A top Roman Catholic official has attacked the way Saddam Hussein was treated by his US captors, saying he had been dealt with like an animal. Cardinal Renato Martino said he Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Vatican_City. ...
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 Cardeal Martino condemned the capture. had felt pity watching video of "this man destroyed, [the military] looking at his teeth as if he were a beast".
The cardinal, a leading critic of the US-led war in Iraq, said he hoped the capture would not make matters "worse".
No comment from Pope John Paul II."[11]
In Poland, which commands thousands of international troops in Iraq, the Defence Minister Jerzy Szmajdziński welcomed the news, but said the arrest could prompt retaliation from Saddam's supporters. "The coming days could be equally dangerous as these past days," he said. Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ...
Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said,"We think the arrest of Saddam Hussein will contribute to the strengthening of security in Iraq and to the process of political regulation in the country with the active participation of the United Nations." Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ...
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"Saddam is directly responsible for the killing of millions of people over the last 30 years. Today, the moment has arrived for him to pay for his crimes," Prime Minister,Jose Maria Aznar said.[12][13][14] Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ...
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair, one of President Bush's strongest allies in the Iraq war, called the capture good news for Iraqis, saying: "It removes the shadow that has been hanging over them for too long of the nightmare of a return to the Saddam regime." Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ...
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"Here was a man who was photographed hundreds of times shooting off rifles and showing how tough he was, and in fact, he wasn't very tough, he was cowering in a hole in the ground, and had a pistol and didn't use it and certainly did not put up any fight at all,"U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...
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"In the last analysis, he seemed not terribly brave," he said. Rumsfeld said the United States has not yet decided whether to classify Saddam as a prisoner of war. But Rumsfeld said the United States would abide by the Geneva Conventions in its treatment of him. Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ...
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More than 24 hours after his capture, the interrogation of the uncooperative Saddam has not yielded much information, Rumsfeld said.
President Bush, in a short televised address from the White House, said Saddam will "face the justice he denied to millions. For the Baathist holdouts responsible for the violence, there will be no return to the corrupt power and privilege they once held. For other uses, see White House (disambiguation). ...
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Australia's Prime Minister John Howard reacted to the news happily. He says the Iraqi people can breathe a sigh of relief now that the former dictator is no longer at large.The Australian Broadcasting Corporation interviewed him. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...
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 Urged the trial of Saddam. [15] New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark quoted that her government does not support the death penalty in any circumstances, nor does New Zealand legislation, and she also won't make an exception, even for someone as disgusting as Saddam Hussein. Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ...
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- The capture of deposed Iraq leader Saddam Hussein is, no doubt, a major victory for the United States and the coalition of the willing, chief among which is Britain. The curtain has now fallen on one of the world's most ruthless and intriguing leaders.
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Secretary General Amr Mussa said the Iraqi people should "decide the fate of the old regime and its old leaders," alluding to the discovery of mass graves after Saddam's fall during the US invasion in April. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_League_of_Arab_States. ...
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The International Committee of the Red Cross says the U-S-led coalition in Iraq has given the agency the "green light" to visit Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi leader. Lisa Schlein in Geneva reports the ICRC says the terms of the visit are being worked out. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_IFRC.svg The official emblem of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). ...
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Red Cross spokesman Florian Westphal confirms that ICRC visits to the captured Iraqi leader will go ahead according to international rules governing the detention of all prisoners of war. He says discussions are under way as to how and where those visits will take place. Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ...
A spokesman for Kofi Annan, United Nations secretary general, said the capture "offers an opportunity to give fresh impetus to the search for peace and stability in Iraq". Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Nations. ...
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"The capture of Saddam Hussein provides a chance to give fresh
impetus to the search for peace and stability in Iraq".
Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said the coalition could now ask meaningful questions about Iraq's weapons programme. "He ought to know quite a lot and be able to tell the story. We all want to get to the bottom of the barrel." (born 28 June 1928 in Uppsala, Sweden) is a Swedish diplomat and politician. ...
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The United States has strenuously denied American guards harmed Saddam. The Iraqi judge who investigated Saddam said that until this week Saddam had never claimed any mistreatment, even when asked directly if he had been abused. Attorney Khalil Dulaimi, who still regards Saddam as Iraq's president, said the torture was revealed to him during a brief interview with his client during the leader's trial sessions in Baghdad.
"The president was tortured severely by the American forces and I saw bruise marks on his body. They are visible," Dulaimi told The Associated Press in a phone interview. The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...
"They are still torturing him psychologically," Dulaimi added.
He did not say where the bruises were on Saddam's body or describe them. He also gave no details on what he meant by psychological torture.
Dulaimi said he filed a complaint with the court Thursday, urging it to investigate the abuse charge. The chief prosecutor in Saddam's trial, Jaafar al-Mousawi, told that he had not seen such a complaint. He added he planned to visit Saddam and his seven co-defendants to review their health and "listen to their demands and supply them with everything they need."
Saddam caused a stir when he claimed during the trial that he had been beaten by U.S. troops and tortured. He insisted "the marks are still there," but he didn't reveal any bruises to the courtroom.
Judge Raid Juhi, who investigated Saddam's alleged crimes as Iraq's leader, told that officials had repeatedly asked Saddam if he had ever been beaten. He answered "no" every time, Juhi said.
Juhi said that if Saddam or the other defendants had complained of beatings or torture, doctors would have investigated.
Status as POW A Pentagon spokesman said he was given the status as he was the leader of the "old regime's military forces". This article is about the United States military building. ...
The spokesman, Major Michael Shavers, said Saddam, captured by US troops in December, was entitled to all the rights under the Geneva Conventions. The International Committee of the Red Cross has asked to visit the former Iraqi leader as soon as possible. The US spokesman did not give further details about Saddam Hussein's conditions of detention. Original document. ...
Saddam Hussein's photos from child until not long before his death. POW status for Saddam Hussein means that the former Iraqi leader is eligible to stand trial for war crimes. Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ...
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There is still controversy over TV pictures which showed Saddam Hussein undergoing a medical examination after his capture - footage regarded by some as a failure to protect him from public curiosity. The Vatican described the scenes as Saddam being "treated like a cow", and some sections of the Arab world were deeply offended by them. The US maintains that the pictures were shown to demonstrate to the Iraqi people that they no longer had anything to fear.
A senior British official said Saddam -who is being held at an undisclosed location and interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - was still refusing to co-operate with his captors, but the former president's capture last month was yielding results "far greater than we expected", the official told reporters on condition of anonymity. CIA redirects here. ...
The US-led coalition had used documents found with the ex-leader to mount operations against Saddam loyalists, the official said.
Conspiracy Theories Journalist Yvonne Ridley reported in Sunday Express that Saddam Hussein was actually captured by Kurdish forces who then drugged him and abandoned him for U.S. troops to find after brokering a deal.[citation needed] Yvonne Ridley (born 1959, Stanley, County Durham, England) is a British journalist and Respect Party politician best known for her capture by the Taliban and subsequent conversion to Islam. ...
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There is also controversy concerning the coalition troops who first got their hands on Hussein: initial radio reports stated that Kurdish fighters handed him over to a British patrol. The first television footage came out later on after the famous "we got him" announcement, showing an apparently incapacitated Hussein being pulled out of a spider hole.
Saddam's sister, Nawal Ibrahim Al-Hassan, speaking on the phone with Al-Quds Al-Arabi from an unidentified Arab capital, was the first to raise the conspiracy of drugging. She said her brother "could not have surrendered in this fashion unless he was subjected to anesthetization or nerve gas that has paralyzed his movements." She added: "If he were in full command of his mental capacity he would have resisted to [the] death. He is not one of the people who would surrender in such a disgraceful manner. " Abu Hafs al Masri ...
Saddam's eldest daughter, Raghad, echoed similar sentiments. In an interview with Al-Arabiyya TV, Raghdad said: "It is clear to everybody that our father was drugged. When they described to me the details of his condition, I said to them it is impossible. He has to be drugged." Al-Arabiya is an Arabic-language satellite news channel based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates which began broadcasting in February 2003, launched with an investment of $300 million from the Saudi-owned MBC, the Lebanese Hariri Group, and others. ...
The Saudi daily Okaz theorizes that Saddam's second wife, Samira Al-Shahbandar, who lives in Lebanon under a false identity with Saddam's only surviving son, Ali, may have been the source of information that led to Saddam's capture. "It is possible," writes Okaz, that "for delivering the head of her husband she will receive the award of $25 million," offered by the U.S. for information leading to Saddam's arrest or killing. Samira Shahbandar was allegedly Saddam Husseins second wife. ...
The name The name of the operation, Red Dawn, apparently comes from the title of a 1984 film directed by John Milius, in which a group of American teenagers band together to commit sabotage and other guerrilla attacks in their Colorado town against invading Soviet forces. The teenagers, whose leader was portrayed by a young Patrick Swayze, called themselves the "Wolverines" — the name given to the targets of the U.S. forces in ad-Dawr. Several pundits have made note of the very irony that the namesake of the operation was a movie relating the story of insurgents fighting against an occupying invading force.[citation needed] For other uses, see Red dawn (disambiguation). ...
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Notes and references - ^ From lavish palaces to a hole in the ground
- ^ Saddam Hussein Captured in 'spider hole' with $750,000. Lifeway - Biblical Solution for Life
- ^ List of the churches been demolished by Saddam Hussein’s regimePDF (25.6 KiB)
- ^ Hamid Karzai interview - Nightly News with Brian Williams - MSNBC.com
- ^ The Impact on the Economic and Social Fabric Assessing the Costs of Iraq's 1990 Invasion and Occupation of Kuwait – The United Nations Compensation Commission
- ^ www.iraqwatch.org
- ^ http:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3317971
- ^ http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.178168945&par=0 Malaysia: Former Prime Minister Urgers Fair Trial for Saddam] at Adnki.com
- ^ S. Korea welcomes capture of Saddam as 'major victory' | Asian Political News | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1107244,00.htmlcat=Politics&loid=8.0.178168945&par=0 ].com
- ^ John Paul II, "Address to the Diplomatic Corps," Vatican, 13 January 2003 (accessed 7 February 2007).
- ^ Aznar sabe "ahora" que no había armas de destrucción masiva en Irak (HTML). 20 Minutos. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ El ex presidente tarda cuatro años en reconocer la verdad sobre la guerra de Iraq (HTML). Google Video. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ Aznar takes advantage of an act in Madrid with PP loyals to rectify his 2003 accusations about the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. European Social Survey. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ "Reaction to the capture", The Guardian, December 14, 2003
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