Saddam Hussein

US residents asked to testify in Iraq genocide inquiry

November 4, 2005

Evidence from five United States residents has been requested as part of a war crimes investigation into the alleged genocide of Kurds in Iraq under the regime of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Details are contained in an application for

Netherlands: Frans Van Anraat

October 4, 2005

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Frans Cornelis Adrianus Van Anraat for allegedly supplying chemicals for the production of chemical weapons that were used by Saddam Hussein to commit genocide against Kurds in Iraq.

Saddam’s Laundry: How western money managers ran the offshore network that bankrolled Iraq’s war machine

July 31, 2004

Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Panama and the Bahamas were key elements in the offshore shell company and money-laundering schemes that bankrolled Saddam Hussein for more than 20 years.And Saddam used the same offshore money launderers as Osama bin Laden. His offshore network hid the money skimmed from government oil sales and collected in kickbacks. It was used to pay for Saddam's secret agents and security forces, reward domestic and foreign friends, and buy arms during international embargos. 

Latin America Round-Up: May 31, 2003

May 31, 2003

ARGENTINA Bad start for new president Néstor Kirchner, an obscure provincial governor, became Argentina's president elect by default when former President Carlos Menem withdrew alleging that there was "a systematic slander campaign" against him. Menem is on trial for several

Newt Utopia: The tale of Jawad Mahmoud Hashim

December 31, 2002

Jawad Mahmoud Hashim has a doctorate in Economics from the London School of Economics and, by all accounts, he is a smooth and very sophisticated individual who has kept his head while many around him lost theirs.