Saddam Hussein - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/saddam_hussein/?source=rss&aim=saddam_hussein en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT Who is the CIA allowed to kill? By Mark Benjamin Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/17/cia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/17/cia/index.html?source=rss Cheney's secret assassination program may be terminated, but the U.S. is already carrying out "targeted killings" We tortured to justify war By Joe Conason Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/05/14/cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/05/14/cheney/index.html?source=rss Dick Cheney keeps saying "enhanced interrogation" was used to stop imminent attacks, but evidence is mounting that the real reason was to invent evidence linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida. Who wants to visit Saddam's house? By Heather Havrilesky Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/12/05/saddam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/12/05/saddam/index.html?source=rss The Iraqi president does his best Darth Vader imitation in HBO's miniseries "House of Saddam." A hint of freedom for Iraqi women By Anna Badkhen Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/14/iraq_women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/14/iraq_women/index.html?source=rss Cultural repression by the Muslim militias has waned slightly, but women still miss freedoms they enjoyed under Saddam Hussein. New evidence suggests Ron Suskind is right By Joe Conason Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/08/08/suskind/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/08/08/suskind/index.html?source=rss What was an Iraqi politician doing at CIA headquarters just days before he distributed a fake memo incriminating Saddam Hussein in 9/11? Bush "at peace" waging war By Mark Danner Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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. The man who sold the war By Alex Koppelman Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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. "Seven countries in five years" By Joe Conason Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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. The war president "at peace" with himself By Joe Conason Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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. Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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. Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Saddam Hussein and 9/11 By Tim Grieve Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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. The Iraq war is lost By Peter Galbraith Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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. The Libby lobby's pardon campaign By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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. How Bush's war bolstered Syria By Mohamad Bazzi Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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. Paul Wolfowitz's fatal weakness By Juan Cole Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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. George Tenet, spook for all seasons By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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. From Norman Rockwell to Abu Ghraib By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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. Libby's last disinformation campaign By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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. How Libby became Cheney's pawn By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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. How the left caused 9/11, by Dinesh D'Souza By Alex Koppelman Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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." Bush: "We're going forward" By David Puner Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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." Did the U.S. just provoke Iran? By Juan Cole Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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. Saddam: mourning and burial By David Puner Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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. More Saddam footage By David Puner Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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? Theater of blood By Gary Kamiya Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:07:00 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.