Saddam Hussein

Saddām Hussein ʻAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrīt, sometimes spelled Husayn or Hussain; (Arabic صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي; born April 28, 1937 {{fn|1}}) was President of Iraq from 1979 until his removal and capture during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Incarceration

On May 20, 2005, Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid newspapers The Sun of U.K. and New York Post, printed photos of Saddam Hussein in his jail cell wearing only his underwear with the headline "Tyrant's in his pants" (The Sun). On the page three of The Sun which is traditionally preserved for topless "Page Three girls", Saddam Hussein was shown wearing a white robe while doing laundry by hand, with the caption: "a pathetic figure as he washed his trousers in jail. (...) Now he sits astride a plastic pink chair while he carries out the chores of a laundry maid." http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/21/politics/21saddam.html?ex=1270785600&en=37bef79604f97228&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland

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May 20 - 2005 - Rupert Murdoch - Tabloid - The Sun - U.K. - New York Post - Topless - Page Three girl

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These photos, said to be "provided by American military sources to undermine the Iraqi rebellion" http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/21/politics/21saddam.html?ex=1270785600&en=37bef79604f97228&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland, were officially not authorised, being qualified "a clear violation of D.O.D. directives, and possibly Geneva Convention guidelines for the humane treatment of detained individuals" by Bush's deputy press secretary Trent Duffy. The U.S. military said that it would "aggressively investigate" how the photographs of Saddam Hussein in captivity were released http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/20/saddam.photos/index.html.

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