New Delhi: In a major setback for one of Karnataka's most decorated police officers Shankar Bidari, the Karnataka High Court on Friday struck down his appointment as the state DGP. In a scathing verdict, the court described Bidari as 'worse than Saddam Hussain or Muammar Gaddafi' for alleged atrocities committed by the Special Task Force led by him during the hunt to nab smuggler Veerappan. Dismissing as "without merit and...
07:05 AM, Mar 31, 2012
Baghdad: Two bombs exploded near Shi'ite pilgrims travelling through Iraq's capital on Monday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 52 others, police and hospital sources said. Thousands of Shi'ites are making the annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Kerbala for the Arbain religious rite amid Iraq's worst political crisis in a year after the Shi'ite-led government moved against two prominent Sunni politicians. The crisis threatens to unravel Iraq's...
02:23 AM, Jan 10, 2012
Sacha Baron Cohen's 'The Dictator' is said to be inspired by the novel 'Zabibah and the King' by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. ...
09:11 PM, Jan 02, 2012
Baghdad: Nearly nine years after American troops stormed across the Iraq border in a blaze of shock and awe, US officials quietly ended the bloody and bitterly divisive conflict in Baghdad on Thursday, but the debate over whether it was worth the cost in money and lives is yet unanswered. While many of the speeches painted a picture of victory - for both the troops and the Iraqi people now...
08:58 AM, Dec 16, 2011
Baghdad: US forces formally ended their nine-year war in Iraq on Thursday with a low key flag ceremony in Baghdad, while to the north flickering violence highlighted ethnic and sectarian strains threatening the country in years ahead. "After a lot of blood spilled by Iraqis and Americans, the mission of an Iraq that could govern and secure itself has become real," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said at the ceremony at...
03:47 AM, Dec 16, 2011
New Delhi: Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator is said to be inspired by the novel 'Zabibah and the King' by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The film is expected to be released in May 2012. The official trailer of the film has been released. Larry Charles has directed the film. Most of the film has been shot in Spain. Apart from Cohen, Ben Kingsley, Anna Faris and Adeel Akhtar have also...
07:21 PM, Dec 15, 2011
New Delhi: The last American troops in Iraq are preparing for their complete withdrawal by the end of the month. This more than eight years after the US invasion which overthrew Saddam Hussein. Iraqi forces will now assume full responsibility of the country's security. Sources say only 150 American soldiers are expected to stay back after the December 31 deadline expires. However, even as they prepare to pull out, there...
09:08 AM, Dec 06, 2011
Baghdad: An Iraqi court has sentenced the wife of a slain al Qaeda leader to life in prison for her role in aiding insurgents' activities, a spokesman for the country's judicial council said on Sunday. Hasna Ali Yahya, the wife of former al Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was given life imprisonment on Thursday, Abdul-Sattar al-Birqdar, spokesman for Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said. "She was convicted last Thursday...
10:02 PM, Jun 26, 2011
Baghdad: The suggestion by a US congressman that Iraq repay the United States for the money it has spent in the country has stirred anger, with an Iraqi lawmaker ridiculing the idea as "stupid" and others saying Iraqis should be compensated for the hardships they've endured. Rep Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican from California, suggested during a trip to Baghdad with fellow lawmakers on Friday that once Iraq becomes a rich...
08:45 PM, Jun 12, 2011
London: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had advised the former US vice-president Dick Cheney not to dethrone Saddam Hussein, according to leaked US cables. Mubarak warned that by ignoring his advice and invading Iraq the Americans had increased the threat posed by Iran, The Telegraph reported WikiLeaks as stating, adding that he had stated this during a breakfast meet with US Congressmen at the presidential palace in Cairo in December, 2008....
10:17 AM, Feb 11, 2011
Los Angeles: Sacha Baron Cohen, the British comedian who shone an ugly light on middle America in "Borat" and satirized the fashion industry in "Bruno," will next turn his attention to the lighter side of dictatorships. Baron Cohen will star in 'The Dictator,' which opens worldwide on May 11, 2012, distributor Paramount Pictures said in a statement on Thursday. "The film tells the heroic story of a dictator who risked...
01:25 PM, Jan 21, 2011
Baghdad: Saddam Hussein's foreign minister Tariq Aziz was on Tuesday sentenced to death by hanging for persecuting members of Shiite religious parties under the former regime. Iraq's high criminal court spokesman Mohammed Abdul Sahib did not say when Aziz, 74, would be put to death. The death sentence was for a conviction on charges of taking part in a Saddam-led campaign that hunted and executed members of the Shiite Dawa...
05:05 PM, Oct 26, 2010
Did Tony Blair lie to his country and the world to launch a war on Iraq? ...
12:17 PM, Jan 30, 2010
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