Saddam Hussein

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

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.

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. 

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

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.