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Aljazeera.com
March 21, 2018
In March 2003, the US invaded oil-rich Iraq to topple the government of Saddam Hussein on the pretext of links to al-Qaeda and possession of weapons of mass destruction. After the invasion the country descended into chaos and conflict as rival groups, foreign powers and political parties fight for power.
Anadolu Agency
March 18, 2018
Most top regime officials were either captured or killed following the invasion, including Saddam, his two sons, Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan and presidential adviser Ali Hassan al-Majid (“Chemical Ali”). Others died in prison as Vice-President Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf, Prime Minister MohammedÃâà...
Kurdistan24
March 5, 2018
Among the names released are the Iraqi dictator's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as “Chemical Ali” for his genocidal chemical bombing campaign on the Kurds in Iraq, and his half-brother, Barzan Ibrahim al-Hassan al-Tikriti, as well as former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan. Also included in the list isÃâà...
The New Yorker
December 20, 2016
(A scar and a tattoo gave the Iraqi strongman away.) In Nixon's telling, by 2003, far from preparing to unleash a flurry of weapons of mass destruction against U.S. allies in the Middle East, Saddam was busy deferring to his Vice-President, Taha Yassin Ramadan. “Was Saddam worth removing from power?
CBS News
March 22, 2007
Hundreds of chanting mourners buried Saddam Hussein's former vice president near the ousted dictator, his sons and two other executed deputies Tuesday in a spot that has become the graveyard of the ousted regime. Taha Yassin Ramadan's body, which was covered with the Iraqi flag, was interred in aÃâà...
New York Times
March 21, 2007
BAGHDAD, March 20 — The former vice president of Iraq, Taha Yassin Ramadan, was hanged shortly before dawn today, the prime minister's office said. He was the highest-ranking person from Saddam Hussein's government to be executed, after the former president himself. Mr. Ramadan was executedÃâà...
