Iraqi President Saddam Hussein

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  Iran's Khamenei Risks Fate "Similar" To Saddam Hussein, Warns Israel

  Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz warned Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday he could suffer a fate "similar to" Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, who was toppled and later executed.

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  Saddam Hussein Killed Terrorists 'So Good': Donald Trump Praises Iraqi President

  Donald Trump, who frequently criticizes US foreign policy under President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is praising Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's ruthlessness.

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  Trump Lauds Saddam, Says He Killed Terrorists 'So Good'

  Republican Donald Trump is again praising former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's ruthlessness, saying he killed terrorists "so good."

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  First Families Return to Tikrit Since City Retaken From Islamic State

  Hundreds of people displaced from the Iraqi city of Tikrit started to return home on Monday, three months after pro-government forces recaptured former president Saddam Hussein's hometown from Islamic State militants.

• Iraq Promised to Free Saddam Hussein's Defence Minister: Report

  Iraq's government promised to release from prison one of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's defence ministers, the outgoing deputy prime minister said in comments published on Friday.

• Iraqi Forces Launch String of Attacks on Sunni Militants

  Iraqi forces launched a string of attacks on Sunni militants on Tuesday, including at Saddam Hussein's hometown Tikrit, as US President Barack Obama declared his firmest commitment yet to targeting jihadists.

• 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.

• Iraqi President Asks Haider Al-Abadi to Form Government

  Iraq's president on Monday asked Haider al-Abadi, the Shi'ite coalition's nominee for prime minister, to form a government, a spokesman for the main Shi'ite coalition said.

• Saddam's Allies Moved His Corpse, Fearful Shi'ite Militias Would Harm it: Tribal Leader

  Executed former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's Sunni tribal allies moved his body from a family plot eight months ago, fearful that Shi'ite militias would harm it, a tribal leader told Reuters on Wednesday.

• Famed Gulf War US General Norman Schwarzkopf dies

  Norman Schwarzkopf, the US general who led Operation Desert Storm, which liberated Kuwait from Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1991, died on Thursday at the age of 78.