Iraq’s National Security Service announced on Monday that it had carried out the execution of Saadoun Sabri al-Qaisi, a ...

Iraq says a high-level officer during Saddam Hussein's rule has been hanged for his involvement in the 1980 killing of a prominent Shiite cleric.

Saddam Hussein has a long history of using violence to achieve political ends. Read a selective list of events from his life, including milestones... From his early days as a dangerous Baathist ...

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been executed, according to Iraqi state television and other media outlets. Saddam had been sentenced to... Iraq Executes Saddam; Challenges Remain Former ...

In Iraq today, the government says that all legal requirements were adhered to in what was another grisly execution. But the head of Saddam Hussein's half-brother was accidentally severed from his ...

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Thousands of Shiite Muslims marched through Baghdad on Tuesday clamoring for Saddam Hussein's execution in the latest show of strength by people oppressed for decades by the ...

Iraq executes former Major General Saadoun Sabri al-Qaisi for his role in the 1980 killing of Shiite cleric Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr.