A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Dec. 13, 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a hole under a farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq, ...

B A G H D A D, Iraq, July 1, 2004 -- Defiant, belligerent and a little anxious, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein appeared before a single Iraqi judge in a courtroom near Baghdad today to hear ...

An image of a US Delta Force operator posing next to a person with a bag over their head resurfaced in January 2026 after the ousting of Nicolás Maduro. But while the same unit was in charge of ...

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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein dodged questions from prosecutors cross-examining him for the first time Wednesday over a crackdown against Shiites in the 1980s. But he acknowledged approving death ...

With the announcement Sunday of the capture of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, a new chapter has been opened in the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq. President Bush, in his televised address, told ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Saddam Hussein’s half brother argued with the chief judge Monday and accused a court employee of shaking down a relative for money as the trial entered its final phase without the ...