Does Hussein's Capture Worry Rove?

"...With Saddam Hussein being pulled from a Tikrit sewer this weekend, an..."

Dec. 16, 2003 Postmarks

Saddam Hussein Dies Tonight?

"...smoldering, electrocuted corpse. But no, it looks like Saddam Hussein is scheduled to die tonight. Before FOX could get..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

On Manipulation of Hussein Capture: The Answer Is Extremely Stupid

"...that the Bush administration withheld the news of Saddam Hussein's capture for several months (waiting for the most opportune..."

Jan. 19, 2004 Postmarks

Theeb

A young Bedouin boy in 1916 has an adventure in the war-torn desert

"...Directed by: Naji Abu Nowar. Starring: Jacir Eid, Hussein Salameh, Hassan Mutlag and Jack Fox...."

Dec. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Devil's Double

Saddam Hussein's decadent and monstrous eldest son Uday forced Latif Yahia to serve as his body double, and this movie recounts his experience.

"...Nasser Memarzia. The devil in this story is Uday Hussein, the notoriously decadent and monstrous elder son of Iraqi..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Smells Like Victory

For a change, this November's state elections might actually be interesting.

"...every party, have suggested that the timing of the anti-Hussein crusade is no coincidence. Karl Rove has been counseling..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Green Zone

With Matt Damon's Bourne director at the helm, the actor plays an officer in Iraq who's mystified by why he's unable to uncover any WMDs.

"...the Coalition Provisional Authority's so-called Green Zone (formerly Saddam Hussein's Republican Palace), Miller and his men encounter one case..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tokyo!

This triptych of short films by directors Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon-ho is a gorgeous, sprawling mess.

"...the Rape of Nanking to the hanging of Saddam Hussein. Gondry's segment, “Interior Design,” is more whimsical and in..."

April 10, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gunner Palace

Uday Hussein's former pleasure palace is now home to an American artillery regiment, whose members we get to know from their poolside antics to their far more sobering responsibilities of patrolling Baghdad.

"...they moved into the weekend party palace of Uday Hussein. Not many other units stationed in Iraq could call..."

March 18, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Deterrence

"...the Iraqis invading Kuwait, this time led by Saddam Hussein's battle-hungry offspring, who has overrun the region's American and..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

APD Looking at Mike Yassine in Cold Case

Club owner named as person of interest in 2000 disappearance

"...government attorneys made a brief and oblique reference to Hussein "Mike" Ali Yassine being connected to a cold case..."

March 28, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Feds Raid Sixth Street Bars

Indictment against club boss includes money laundering, drugs

"...enforcement raided four downtown venues. The FBI alleges that Hussein Ali "Mike" Yassine, his brothers Hadi and Mohammed, and..."

March 22, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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Understanding the Iraq invasion the Socratic way

"...Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, both nuclear and biological...."

June 25, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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What would have happened if we had not invaded Afghanistan and Iraq?

"...as well, because then it would have been obvious Hussein was lying, was in violation, and had more. If..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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Expect the next decade to be dominated by a weak economy and precarious international politics -- the consequences of Bush's successes.

"...nor "the Muslim street" harbor any affection for Saddam Hussein, and all will (secretly) greet his removal by the..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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If war is inevitable, you might as well be in Austin, enjoying South by Southwest.

"...movement is that it is empowering and encouraging Saddam Hussein. The thinking goes that he was giving in to..."

March 14, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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Let us hope the war in Iraq is quick, the death toll is low, and that all dire predictions prove unfounded; let's also hope that we haven't destroyed our own country ideologically in order to save it.

"...the goal of invasion. The equation is simple: Saddam Hussein and Iraq represent an imminent threat to not just..."

March 21, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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Al Qaeda could not have hoped for a more perfect response to 9 / 11 than the American invasion of Iraq.

"...Muslim governments overthrown, replaced by strict fundamentalist theocracies. Saddam Hussein's regime is not only secular but has slaughtered Shiite..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: President Know-Nothing

President Know-Nothing

"...Hussein was exactly like Hitler. We all saw how Chamberlain's..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Column by Louis Black

'Uncle Saddam'

Preinvasion, precapture: Joel Solér's documentary on Hussein "only presents the facts of the Iraqi regime, never trying to hammer any specific point home."

"...adjectives our media and government use to describe Saddam Hussein -- crazy, ruthless, violent -- do we really know..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Screens Review by Eli Kooris

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"...Middle East or even within the United States. Saddam Hussein was a monster and had to go. The United..."

July 11, 2003 Column by Louis Black

The Hightower Report

The Bushites lie about WMDs and media conglomeration.

"...Mass Destruction that George W. so absolutely insisted Saddam Hussein had targeted at the U.S., posing the imminent threat..."

May 30, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

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More than the insanity or weaponry of Saddam Hussein, we should fear the deepening of a rift between the Muslim world and the West. The haste with which we are building toward war in Iraq is sending the wrong message to both.

"...More than the insanity or weaponry of Saddam Hussein, we should fear the deepening of a rift between..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Flip It and Reverse It

Bush abandons troublesome action for the sanctity of meaningless battles and ideological purity

"...its aftermath, except ending the unarguable evil of Saddam Hussein's government, has come close to being as neat, predicable,..."

July 7, 2006 Column by Louis Black

The Military-Petroleum Complex

The Second Iraq War and the cronies of state capitalism

"...had been set aflame by forces loyal to Saddam Hussein. At about the same time, 1,000 troops from the..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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Our readers talk back.

"...Watergate, the Iran-Contra scandal, S&L boondoggle, support for Saddam Hussein. The USA's history is peppered with these scandals, but..."

July 25, 2003 Column

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Here in filmtown, 'Slacker' is on DVD (finally) and 'Louisiana Boys' is on 'SXSW Presents.' Meanwhile, despite the lack of a Hussein connection, the Iraq war is a triumph for the 9 / 11 terrorists and their co-conspirators.

"...an indictment, evidence of a concrete connection between Saddam Hussein's government and al Qaeda, documenting that the despot had..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...inferred that Bush was worse or as bad as Hussein, and of course, war for oil. The very next..."

April 4, 2003 Column

Capitol Chronicle

The pundits say Karl Rove is the One, but he's really only one among many.

"...The name Karl Rove, like that of Saddam Hussein, is on everybody's lips these days. In part, that's..."

March 14, 2003 News Column by Michael King

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When they label war protesters' speech as traitorous, right-wing war supporters reveal themselves as truly anti-American.

"...same way that 9/11 is now intimately tied to Hussein's regime, it is now accepted as fact that most..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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