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Fugitive Iraqi Vice President Urges Role for Saddam Loyalists, Criticises US Action
Former dictator Saddam Hussein's Baath party must play a role if a political solution is to be found in Iraq, fugitive vice president Tarek al-Hashemi said on Monday, warning that US air strikes would do nothing to end the violence.
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Sunni Militants Vow to March on Iraqi Capital
Islamic militants who seized cities and towns vowed Thursday to march on Baghdad to settle old scores, joined by Saddam Hussein-era loyalists and other disaffected Sunnis capitalizing on the government's political paralysis over the biggest threat to Iraq's stability since the US withdrawal.
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Imam arrested for spraying Saddam's name on mosque
Erected as the Great Saddam Mosque in 2002, the imposing building was renamed the Great Tikrit Mosque after the former president was ousted following the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq.But the imam rejected the new name, according to a source in his family."This was not because he supports Saddam Hussein but because Saddam had built (the mosque), and...
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Fugitive Iraqi Vice President Urges Role for Saddam Loyalists, Criticises US Action
Former dictator Saddam Hussein's Baath party must play a role if a political solution is to be found in Iraq, fugitive vice president Tarek al-Hashemi said on Monday, warning that US air strikes would do nothing to end the violence.
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Sunni Militants Vow to March on Iraqi Capital
Islamic militants who seized cities and towns vowed Thursday to march on Baghdad to settle old scores, joined by Saddam Hussein-era loyalists and other disaffected Sunnis capitalizing on the government's political paralysis over the biggest threat to Iraq's stability since the US withdrawal.
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Imam arrested for spraying Saddam's name on mosque
Erected as the Great Saddam Mosque in 2002, the imposing building was renamed the Great Tikrit Mosque after the former president was ousted following the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq.But the imam rejected the new name, according to a source in his family."This was not because he supports Saddam Hussein but because Saddam had built (the mosque), and...
