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How Star Wars influenced Uday Hussein’s paramilitary unit in Iraq
Saddam admired science fiction movies like “Star Wars,” but it was Uday who took his admiration of the series to the extreme.
By Zamone Perez
Latest "Saddam Hussein" stories
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Schumer, White House back repeal of Iraq War authorization
The White House said it supports the legislation and stressed that no ongoing military activities are reliant upon the 2002 authorization.
The mystery of the oil tanker that disappeared in the Strait of Hormuz
It drifted into Iranian waters and stopped transmitting its location more than two days ago.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
As tensions rise, could Iran mistake airliners for warplanes?
Iraqi officials said ExxonMobil Corp. began evacuating staff from Basra, and Bahrain ordered its citizens out of Iraq and Iran over "the recent escalations and threats."
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Iraq bans ‘Fortnite,' says video games are negatively influencing its youth
These damned kids and their video machines
By Jon Simkins
1991 Gulf War looms large over Bush’s Mideast legacy
With Bush's death, his legacy across the Middle East takes root in that 100-hour ground war that routed Iraqi forces.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press