A bunker under Saddam Hussein's presidential palace was built to be nuclear-proof and was likely to withstand conventional bombing, a man who says he helped design it has revealed. "I don't ...

It is now called Baghdad Central Prison, and has water fountains, a freshly planted garden and a gym -- complete with weights ...

Former President Abdel Salam Aref set up the Republican Guards after he seized power in 1963 and staffed it largely from his al-Jumayla tribe to be the elite unit of the regime. Saddam Hussein ...