July 8, 1982 - Residents of the Shiite Muslim town of Dujail, Iraq, fire on Hussein’s motorcade. In retaliation, about 150 residents are executed. March 19, 2003 - The second Gulf War begins, code ...

Saddam Hussein was pulled out of his "spider hole” exactly a year ago, but since July, when his defiant appearance galvanized those both for and against him, he's been out of sight. The "quick trial” ...

BAGHDAD, Oct. 22 -- They sat side by side in a metal pen, the former dictator and the chief judge of his secret court. Together, they faced charges that they were responsible for the deaths of 148 ...

Saddam Trial Overshadowed by Renewed Violence The trial of Saddam Hussein resumed Tuesday. But it was overshadowed by bombings in Baghdad and reports that put the number of dead from recent sectarian ...

The Saddam Hussein trial adjourns for the week amid demands for the removal of the judge over alleged bias in favor of the ousted dictator. In... Saddam's Trial Halts; Judge May Be Removed Saddam ...

Almost four months since it opened, the trial of Saddam Hussein has been plagued by violence and the courtroom antics of Saddam and his seven co-defendants. Saddam’s boycott of the court last week ...

NBC News appears to be stepping back from an exclusive report at the top of tonight’s NBC Nightly News. “There is word from Baghdad this evening — confirmed by NBC News — that the presiding judge in ...

Poison. That's the word. "A lot of poison in Iraqi society built up over the years of Saddam Hussein's rule, a poison in the body politic," Coalition Provisional Authority chief Paul Bremer said in a ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Saddam Hussein’s half brother argued with the chief judge Monday and accused a court employee of shaking down a relative for money as the trial entered its final phase without the ...

Hussein was charged with premeditated murder, imprisonment and the deprivation of physical movement, forced deportation and torture. Seven other defendants stood trial with Hussein: Barzan Hassan, ...