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BAGHDAD — Iraq’s parliament passed a law to change the Saddam Hussein- era flag, above, meeting the demands of Iraq’s Kurdish minority, which threatened not to fly the banner during a pan ...
During Gulf War II, coalition forces made a stunning discovery in the Iraqi desert: dozens of fighter jets buried beneath ...
BAGHDAD -- A new Iraqi flag -- stripped of the three green stars of Saddam Hussein's toppled Baath party -- was hoisted over the Iraqi Cabinet building Tuesday in a symbolic break with the past ...
The toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue in Baghdad was one of the most symbolic moments of the Iraq War; ten years later, two men reveal the inside story ...
When Saddam Hussein's statue toppled down in Firdos Square in downtown Baghdad in April 9, 2003, the image of an American flag covering the face of Hussein's statue was seared into the mind of ...
Iraq celebrated President Saddam Hussein's 65th birthday Sunday with an annual display of government-sponsored loyalty whose theme this year was defiance in the face of U.S. determination to ...
Iraq to Swap Saddam Statues for Peace Art Iraq wants to replace Hussein-era martial monuments with symbols of peace.
All of them contained photographs of a lone, burly man wearing a black tank top and swinging a sledgehammer into the base of a tall, bronze statue of Saddam Hussein. The man was Jubouri.
Iraq’s U.S.-picked leaders have approved a new flag for the country, dumping the Saddam Hussein-era colors and slogan “God is great” and using symbols of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.