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Repubblica.it: Gli Houthi, il clan e la principessa: la storia della figlia segreta di Saddam che tormenta lo Yemen

La 34enne Mira sostiene di essere stata inviata nel Paese dal dittatore poco prima dell’attacco Usa all’Iraq del 2003. Ma i miliziani non le credono e hanno depredato la residenza e gli averi della giovane irachena che è ricorsa alla protezione di una potente tribù del deserto. Uno scontro che ora rischia di diventare un affare di Stato

The Houthis, the clan, and the princess: the story of Saddam’s secret daughter who is tormenting Yemen.

The 34-year-old Mira claims she was sent to the country by the dictator shortly before the US attack on Iraq in 2003. But the militants don’t believe her and have looted the young Iraqi woman’s home and property, who has turned to the protection of a powerful desert tribe. A confrontation that now risks becoming a state affair.

#Houthis #Saddam #Yemen #Iraqi

https://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2026/05/21/news/figlia_saddam_mira_houssein_yemen_houthi_principessa-425360218/

Gli Houthi, il clan e la principessa: la storia della figlia segreta di Saddam che tormenta lo Yemen

La 34enne Mira sostiene di essere stata inviata nel Paese dal dittatore poco prima dell’attacco Usa all’Iraq del 2003. Ma i miliziani non le credono e hanno de…

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Boomerissimo.it Apr 19

Darth Vader almeno aveva il lato oscuro della Forza. Questi avevano l'elmetto, niente più

#StarWars #DarthVader #Iraq #storia #Saddam #guerradelgolfo

https://boomerissimo.it/2026/04/19/uday-il-figlio-di-saddam-la-forza-non-era-con-lui/

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K_L_Cooper Apr 9

@proscience
Let's "man-up" 2 the LAW: 🟠tRump committed every crime imaginable. Arrest, try & convict as a person, not a title.
Genocidists, etc., are not released bc they babble❗️
#Bush43 wasted no time executing #Saddam❗️

Italian News by RSS Mar 31

Corriere.it - Homepage: Montagne, deserti e coste «aiutano» l’Iran. E i pasdaran adottano la strategia a mosaico | Camporini: attacco a Kharg? Troppi rischi

Un possibile intervento di terra deve tener conto del tentativo di Saddam nel 1980 e del blitz fallito di Carter

Mountains, deserts, and coasts “help” Iran. And the Pasdarans adopt the mosaic strategy | Camporini: attack Kharg? Too many risks.

A possible ground intervention must take into account Saddam’s attempt in 1980 and Carter’s failed blitz.

#Pasdarans #Kharg #Saddam #Carter

https://www.corriere.it/esteri/26_marzo_31/guerra-iran-geografia-strategia-mosaico-5161cda7-cd5b-4f5a-97bd-de6f03d57xlk.shtml

Montagne, deserti e coste: la geografia dell’Iran rende complicatissimo un intervento di terra. Cos'è la strategia a mosaico usata dai pasdaran

Una possibile operazione di terra deve tener conto del tentativo di Saddam nel 1980 e del blitz fallito di Carter

Corriere della Sera

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Welkin Mar 26

#Saddam tried something similar in 1990s. Claiming something which did not belong to him or to #Iraq. Took over 20 years but did not end well for him or his regime in #Iraq. And when he died nobody in the world shed a single tear.

Due to #Houthis actions there is a growing sense that what #MBS and #Saudi Arabia said about Yemen was true.

#Iran is harming itself. World opinion will shift to supporting #IranWar and overthrow of the ayatollah's regime. Stop living in 15th century barbarity.

Welkin Mar 26

@hszakher @Rastal @killbait
If #Iran or some elements in Iran are thinking that it can get away by levying a toll on shipping across Strait of #Hormuz then it can forget it. This is not 15th century middle east nor is this 19th century era of protection rackets.

#Iraq and #Saddam tried something similar in 1990s. Did not end well for him or for that regime.

#IranWar #NeedlessWar #NeedlessWars #EndlessWar #EndlessWars

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Pierre Huyghebaert Mar 7

2/3
Our #peshmerga forces were run over by #Iraqi tanks. Even now, Iraqi forces continue forcing Kurds out of their homes, as they have since the 1960s, because the city is #oil-rich.
We are the same Kurds in northern Iraq whom you urged to stand up against the #Saddam regime in 1991, only to abandon us when we rose up. We were massacred, and 2 million of us were displaced. You were shamed into Operation “#ProvideComfort,” but only after thousands of us had already been killed following your call to rise.
We are the Kurds in #Bakur, south eastern Turkey whose lives and bodies have been sacrificed because of your economic and military ties to Turkey- your NATO allies who built a #jihadi corridor and openly supports ISIS, al-Qaeda and #alNusra
We are the same Kurds in #Rojhilat whom you betrayed during the 1975 #AlgiersAgreement. The Kurdish uprising collapsed overnight; tens of thousands were displaced. Iraqi forces launched severe reprisals—those who witnessed what had happened to our fellow Kurds in Basur and Rojava now refuse to be your foot soldiers.
We are the same Kurds you are trying to strong-arm into a #war we do not wish to participate in.
We know who you are, America.

Italian News by RSS Mar 1

Corriere.it - Homepage: L'incubo di rifare il 2003, con l'invasione dell'Iraq voluta da Bush per rovesciare Saddam. Ma i rischi ora sono altri

Gli scettici dell'operazione Trump e il delicato equilibrio geopolitico mondiale

The nightmare of repeating 2003, with the Iraq invasion driven by Bush to overthrow Saddam. But the risks now are different.

The skeptics of the Trump operation and the delicate global geopolitical balance.

#Saddam

https://www.corriere.it/oriente-occidente-federico-rampini/26_marzo_01/trump-incubo-2003-iraq-ace3b386-2a7d-4b69-bd12-003dd5f51xlk.shtml