Impeachment a Good Thing

"...well-known crimes: manipulating intelligence, falsely linking al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, and threatening aggression against Iran (a future crime..."

Nov. 7, 2007 Postmarks

Page Two: Down the Drain

Even if it were possible, what would getting rid of all illegal immigration cost us?

"...elections ago the concern was the imminent threat of Saddam Hussein.)..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Column by Louis Black

The Hightower Report

Foreign spying on Americans; and where are they now?

"...Likewise, Stephen Hadley, who pushed the spurious claim that Saddam Hussein was seeking uranium to build weapons of mass..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Check Out This Documentary

"...leaders in the U.S. President Bush kept in place Saddam Hussein's law outlawing unions in Iraq. Despite this, these..."

Aug. 1, 2007 Postmarks

Taking the 'Us' out of It

Michael Tucker hears the voices calling him back to the war in Iraq

"...stations. He had been tortured as a dissident under Saddam Hussein and initially welcomed the Americans as liberators. He..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

No Need for Apologies

"...country that had nothing to do with attacking us. Saddam Hussein was actually suppressing al Qaeda because they represented..."

March 5, 2007 Postmarks

Actually Living With War

The latest AFS Essential Cinema series focuses on the films of the Middle East and North Africa

"...TV antenna – played out under the shroud of Saddam Hussein's oppressive rule and the impending threat of a..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Escalation Day

What are we supposed to accomplish in Iraq?

"...lead by Muqtada al-Sadr. You know, the same guy Saddam Hussein's executioners were cheering at the hanging supposedly administered..."

Jan. 10, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

A Troika of Losers: Two Cowboys and an Aggie Walk Into a Bar …

"...at this victory is to believe the timing of Saddam Hussein’s death sentence right before elections is a coincidence...."

Nov. 6, 2006 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Hell Freezes Over (or: Hutchison Admits Bush Got Iraq Wrong)

The senator has joined the GOP rats who have jumped from the ship

"...intelligence. Everyone thought they had weapons of mass destruction. Saddam Hussein had kicked the weapons inspectors out in 1998,..."

Oct. 24, 2006 News Post by Lee Nichols

'SXSW Presents': 'The Dreams of Sparrows'

'The Dreams of Sparrows'

"...America for ridding Iraq of the iron fist of Saddam Hussein, and anger toward the American occupation for its..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Screens Feature

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Dancing from Canada to Austin, and where not to tether a pregnant pig

"...Softball was forbidden in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, who viewed it as a product of U.S...."

Oct. 6, 2006 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Republican-chaired Senate intelligence committee that concludes not only did Saddam Hussein not have any ties with al Qaeda, he..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature

Soldier of Morality

Spc. Mark Wilkerson learns that it's a lot easier to get in the Army than it is to get out

"...told we were there just to get rid of Saddam Hussein. But we're still there now, even though he's..."

Sept. 8, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch

Go Directly to Iraq; Do Not Pass Afghanistan, Do Not Collect Bin Laden

Austinites' board game does what Bush cannot

"...If you draw a card with references to Iraq, Saddam Hussein, WMDs or other crazy stuff about the illegal..."

Sept. 8, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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Our readers talk back.

"...border immediately after 9/11 and zero troops in Iraq. Saddam Hussein was just another evil secular dictator with no..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column

War Is About Oil

"...border immediately after 9/11 and zero troops in Iraq. Saddam Hussein was just another evil secular dictator with no..."

Aug. 14, 2006 Postmarks

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Our readers talk back.

"...in the global war against [terrorism]." Never mind that Saddam Hussein was a leading member in the Baath Party,..."

July 21, 2006 Column

Incapable of Allowing Viewpoint to Go Unchallenged

"...in the global war against [terrorism].” Never mind that Saddam Hussein was a leading member in the Baath Party,..."

July 19, 2006 Postmarks

Austin Interfaith Grills Candidates

Office seekers – most of them – learn to just say 'yes'

"...to carry the full 100% of the electorate, as Saddam Hussein did in 2002 (see: sarcasm), but in a..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature by Frank Rivera

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Our readers talk back.

"...However, your malicious statements regarding the defeat of Saddam Hussein and the liberation of Iraq are the most..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Column

Surely You Jest?

"...in the world (including China, Cuba, and Iraq under Saddam Hussein) and that noncitizens are more often than not..."

Jan. 23, 2006 Postmarks

Find the Real Reporter: A Questionnaire

The city has decided to be the arbiter of quality journalism. We decided to help them out.

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Delusional Leaders?

"...weapons of mass destruction, that we were to bring Saddam Hussein to justice, that we must spread democracy in..."

Oct. 12, 2005 Postmarks

Get on the Bus D.C. Report

If 100,000 march on the White House and nobody reports it, did it really happen?

"...though it has been proven, time and again, that Saddam Hussein had absolutely nothing to do with the events..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

Page Two

In a post-Katrina about-face, Republicans suddenly don't want to play the 'blame game'

"...almost everything to do with Iraq – from toppling Saddam Hussein to the ever more heated civil conflict along..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Column by Louis Black

War Reporting for Cowards

Studiously neither pro-war nor anti-war, this 'anti-sending-me-to-war-book' rather too appropriately evidences reluctance to see actual combat, expending nearly two-thirds of its length establishing Ayers' coward credentials before setting off on the road to Baghdad.

"...the ominous assumption that their swift exit after defeating Saddam Hussein's army will empower the Iraqi people. Though his..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Books Review by Spencer Parsons

U.S. Doomed in Iraq

"...invaded Iraq not to find WMD, not to depose Saddam Hussein, not to nation-build, not to spread democracy, and..."

Sept. 1, 2005 Postmarks

Remembering Clearly 9/11

"...I also remember there were zero Iraqi hijackers and Saddam Hussein did not give material support to al Qaeda...."

Aug. 31, 2005 Postmarks

Gag Reflex

The sketch comedians of Gag Reflex have lots of interesting ideas and deliver some funny performances in their new revue, but all the bits aren’t as tasty as you’d like.

"...top hat, but instead of Johnny Depp's face, it's Saddam Hussein's...."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

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