http://dir.salon.com/topics/saddam_hussein/?source=rss&aim=saddam_hussein en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT By Mark Danner Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/18/aznar_bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/18/aznar_bush/index.html?source=rss A new transcript reveals the president, on the brink of the Iraq invasion, full of faith, calm and unyielding optimism. By Alex Koppelman Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/10/16/curveball/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/10/16/curveball/index.html?source=rss "Curveball" author Bob Drogin talks about the Iraqi defector responsible for much of the CIA's bogus prewar intelligence about Iraqi WMD. By Joe Conason Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/10/12/wesley_clark/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/10/12/wesley_clark/index.html?source=rss Wesley Clark's new memoir casts more light on the Bush administration's secret strategies for regime change in Iran and elsewhere. By Joe Conason Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/09/28/aznar_iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/09/28/aznar_iraq/index.html?source=rss Bush's 2003 conversation with the Spanish prime minister shows his smug determination to invade Iraq at all costs. By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/06/bush_wmd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/06/bush_wmd/index.html?source=rss Salon exclusive: Two former CIA officers say the president squelched top-secret intelligence, and a briefing by George Tenet, months before invading Iraq. Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/20/rove/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/20/rove/index.html?source=rss Rove explains Cheney's 1994 view that overthrowing Saddam wouldn't be worth "very many" American lives. By Peter Galbraith Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/18/iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/18/iraq/index.html?source=rss Bush and his band of backers won't admit that -- but their strategy is already defined by the specter of American defeat. By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/06/07/scooter_libby/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/06/07/scooter_libby/index.html?source=rss Having never expressed remorse for his crime, Scooter Libby instead enlisted his neoconservative friends to win him reduced prison time. By Mohamad Bazzi Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/31/syria/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/31/syria/index.html?source=rss The chaos in Iraq has emboldened Bashar Assad's authoritarian regime and given Syria new power to meddle in the Middle East. By Juan Cole Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/14/wolfowitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/14/wolfowitz/index.html?source=rss The cronyism that may cost him his World Bank job is also what caused the Iraq debacle. By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/03/george_tenet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/03/george_tenet/index.html?source=rss The former CIA chief seems strangely oblivious that his self-serving defense is shredding the remains of his reputation. By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/04/26/torture_policy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/04/26/torture_policy/index.html?source=rss To understand how Bush justifies a torture policy that is the bane of our nation, consider the sentimental cowboy art that decks his Oval Office walls. By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/02/22/libby_trial/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/02/22/libby_trial/index.html?source=rss Not only did Scooter's defense rely on emotion over facts, but it appealed to the jury to dismiss the craft of journalism as false by nature. By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/02/01/libby_cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/02/01/libby_cheney/index.html?source=rss The vice president knew the intelligence for the Iraq war was cooked. So he launched his aide to smear the man who took the information public. By Alex Koppelman Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/20/d_souza/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/20/d_souza/index.html?source=rss An interview with the conservative polemicist, who accuses the cultural left of provoking al-Qaida's attack in his new book, "The Enemy at Home." By David Puner Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2007/01/16/bush_pelley_60_minutes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2007/01/16/bush_pelley_60_minutes/index.html?source=rss And other highlights/lowlights from the president's interview with "60 MInutes." By Juan Cole Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/12/iran/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/12/iran/index.html?source=rss Thursday's raid on the Iranian consulate is more evidence that President Bush is ready to escalate the conflict. By David Puner Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/elsewhere/2007/01/09/saddam_burial/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/elsewhere/2007/01/09/saddam_burial/index.html?source=rss The executed leader comes home. By David Puner Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2007/01/09/saddam_neck_footage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2007/01/09/saddam_neck_footage/index.html?source=rss Another cell phone camera? By Gary Kamiya Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/01/09/revenge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/01/09/revenge/index.html?source=rss Bush wanted his Iraq war to be a lofty Shakespearean history. He got a vicious, corpse-strewn revenge tragedy. Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/01/04/saddam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/01/04/saddam/index.html?source=rss Tony Snow says the thing that matters is that the condemned man was a killer. Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/01/03/video/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/01/03/video/index.html?source=rss We know who was responsible for Saddam Hussein's execution. Who cares who photographed it? By David Puner Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2007/01/02/saddam_gallows_footage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2007/01/02/saddam_gallows_footage/index.html?source=rss A dictator's final moments. By Juan Cole Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/12/30/saddam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/12/30/saddam/index.html?source=rss Through the bumbling of the U.S.-backed regime, justice becomes revenge, and a despot becomes a martyr. By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/12/14/jeane_kirkpatrick/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/12/14/jeane_kirkpatrick/index.html?source=rss Once the warrior queen of neoconservatism, Jeane Kirkpatrick died a critic of Bush's unilateralism. Her death illuminates the conflicting legacies of the movement she helped found.