NDTV After Iraqi Army Crumbles, Maliki Turns to State TV for Help July 28, 2014 18:20 IST Baghdad: State television is working overtime to persuade Iraqis to help Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki confront an al Qaeda offshoot that has… Read More ›
Saddam Hussein
Is Saddam Hussein’s fortune in a warehouse in Moscow? Mystery over £16.75bn piles of cash left at airport for six years
Cash in 100 euro notes is stored on wooden pallets Each of the 200 pallets is worth 100million euros Money was sent to Moscow from Frankfurt in 2007 Documents show the sender was a 45-year-old Iranian No recipient listed but… Read More ›
Exclusive: CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran
The U.S. government may be considering military action in response to chemical strikes near Damascus. But a generation ago, America’s military and intelligence communities knew about and did nothing to stop a series of nerve gas attacks far more devastating… Read More ›
Decades after a risky Cold War experiment, a scientist lives with secrets.
A Reporter at Large Operation Delirium by Raffi Khatchadourian December 17, 2012 At an Army research facility, a soldier given a powerful mind-altering drug said, “I feel like my life is not worth a nickel here.” Colonel James S. Ketchum… Read More ›
‘€1m from Saddam Hussein’: new light on al-Hilli massacre
Cash in Swiss account raises question: was Saad’s father helping dictator move his fortune abroad? BY Nigel HorneLAST UPDATED AT 10:07 ON Sun 28 Oct 2012 EVER since the massacre of the al-Hilli family in the woods near Lake Annecy … Read More ›
Claims emerge Alps murder victim may have had access to part of Saddam Hussein’s fortune
A British engineer murdered in the French Alps may have had access to part of a multi-million pound fortune once belonging to Saddam Hussein, it has been claimed. Police around the BMW at the scene of the shooting in woods… Read More ›
MEK decision: multimillion-dollar campaign led to removal from terror list
Revealed: the steady flow of funds to members of Congress, lobbying firms and former officials in support of Iranian group • Exiles, lobbyists and the campaign to delist the MEK • Q&A: what is the MEK? Chris McGreal in Washington… Read More ›