saddam hussein

Aug 9, 2022

The story behind Saddam Hussein’s massive $1 billion bank robbery

Three trucks pulled out of the Central Bank of Iraq at 4 a.m. local time on March 18, 2003. Their cargo was nearly $1 billion dollars, a full quarter of…

Aug 9, 2022

BYLogan Nye

May 2, 2023

The US has a crazy way of killing tanks without killing the crew

In 1999, U.S. military planners had to solve a tricky problem: How do you stop a ruthless dictator from breaking the rules without resorting to ruthless tactics yourself? Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was ignoring “no-fly zones” establ…

BYLogan Nye

May 2, 2023

BYMiguel Ortiz

Apr 19, 2023

This badass congressman was the Special Forces doctor who interrogated Saddam Hussein

The U.S. Congress is not a generally popular branch of government. In 2013, a Politico survey revealed that Americans preferred colonoscopies, brussel sprouts, and even Nickelback to Congress. However, there’s…

BYMiguel Ortiz

Apr 19, 2023

Apr 4, 2023

Here’s how the Army found and captured Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein

We’ve all seen the famous photo of the Iraqi-American interpreter pulling the Iraqi dictator out of his “spider hole” in Tikrit. To get to that photograph required a virtual “who’s…

Apr 4, 2023

Nov 27, 2021

This is how the Israelis planned to kill Saddam Hussein

During the thick of the 1991 Gulf War, anti-Iraqi coalition forces were mounting some 2,000 air sorties against Iraqi targets in the Middle East. In retaliation, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein fired scud missiles at Israel. Who wasn’t par…

Nov 27, 2021

Dec 15, 2022

This is why Saddam Hussein’s Fedayeen troops wore Darth Vader helmets

In 1995, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein established his own Fedayeen corps, an irregular unit designed to protect the Ba’athist regime and Hussein himself. As of the 2003 invasion,

Dec 15, 2022

Aug 4, 2022

5 Reasons why Saddam Hussein thought he could invade Kuwait and win

On Aug. 2, 1990, Iraqi tanks and infantry steamrolled across Kuwait in an invasion and occupation that took all of two days. The Iraqi dictator blamed Kuwait for slant drilling…

Aug 4, 2022

Feb 18, 2021

Inside the covert mission that sent Delta Force and British SAS deep behind Iraqi lines in search of Saddam’s missiles

In January and February 1991, hundreds of thousands of troops in a US-led coalition pushed Iraqi forces out of Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. Amid that campaign, Delta Force and…

Iraqis drive by a mural depicting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein looking at launched Scud missiles, in Thar Thar City in northern Iraq, April 28, 1999. KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images

Feb 18, 2021

Jan 14, 2021

10 crazy but true facts about Saddam Hussein

Dictators are colorful people, to put it mildly. It must be something about being constantly alone, maybe being a little paranoid all the time, or maybe they just get on a non-stop high from absolute power. Hitler thought eating meat was …

Jan 14, 2021

Apr 29, 2020

A Saddam Hussein loyalist still fights an insurgency in Iraq

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri was with Saddam from the very beginning and on through to the very end when the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 spread him and his compatriots to the winds. The next thing he knew, he was the King of Clubs on the U.S. milita…

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

11 inspiring quotes by the Navy SEAL admiral who oversaw the bin Laden raid

Retired SEAL Adm. Bill McRaven had an illustrious 37-year career in the Navy. The commando served in the elite SEAL Team 6 before he was fired by the unit’s commander, Richard Marcinko. Following his firing, McRaven rose through the ran…

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

Saddam thought the US was cool with an invasion of Kuwait

Saddam Hussein once famously believed that the United States was a country whose people couldn’t handle 10,000 dead in a war. Whether that’s true or not remains to be seen because no one has been able to inflict those kinds of losses on t…

Apr 29, 2020

Jan 28, 2019

That time Muhammed Ali rescued hostages from Saddam Hussein

On August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein’s Iraq invaded neighboring Kuwait with little warning. During that time, Hussein prevented many forei…