Saddam alleged that he was tortured before his hanging

September 20th, 2009 LONDON - A three-year-old boy has become the youngest known crime suspect in Britain after being probed by police over alleged disorder and vandalism. Officers from Strathclyde police in Scotland visited the toddler's home this summer after receiving a complaint of damage to household property.

September 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The widow of Nazeer Abbasi, who was accused of being an Indian agent and allegedly tortured to death in 1980, has demanded that the case be re-opened. Abbasi's widow Hamida Ghangro told The News International: "It was alleged that he was an Indian agent because he stood for cordial relations with India." Student and communist leader Nazeer Abbasi was allegedly tortured to death Aug 9, 1980 during the era of military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq.

September 9th, 2009 LONDON - The Pakistani intelligence had tortured Rashid Rauf, the alleged mastermind of the airliner bombing plot, so badly that Britain had to abandon its plan to prosecute him. According to the Guardian, Rauf was treated so badly that he could not be extradited.

September 9th, 2009 LONDON - Internal British Foreign Office e-mails have revealed that officials failed to act on claims by two British men that they had been tortured by Pakistani Police in Pakistan and were forced to confess to murder. According to a Sky News report, which accessed the e-mails, Rehan Zaman and Naheem Hussain had informed the British Government about being tortured in Mirpur, Pakistan, but the officials took months to follow-up on the claims.

August 20th, 2009 LONDON - The world's first Muslim super heroes getting ready to fight for truth, justice and the Islamic way, and in the process will counter jihadist role models. According to The Times, The 99, a Sharia-compliant version of the X-Men, has taken the Arab world by storm and has its sights set on the West.

August 13th, 2009 UN expert receives claims of prison abuse in IranGENEVA — A U.N. anti-torture investigator said Thursday he has received credible claims that Iranian protesters detained after the June 12 presidential elections were abused in prison.

July 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A gun found in former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's foxhole when he was seized by Delta Force special troops in 2003 could become the centerpiece of an exhibition at the George W Bush presidential library in Dallas, Texas. According The Telegraph, the 9mm Glock 18C, presented to then-president Bush by Delta Force agents after their triumphant arrest of the Iraqi dictator, has become one of Bush's most prized possessions.

July 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's interrogations by the FBI, after his capture in December 2003, have been released in form of transcripts, revealing some of the last thoughts of the Iraqi dictator. During 20 formal interviews and at least five "casual conversations" over a four-month period from February to May 2004, Saddam said he had made a mistake in destroying Baghdad's stockpile of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) without independent verification from UN inspectors, the Independent reports.

July 2nd, 2009 FBI notes: Saddam feared Iran more than US attackWASHINGTON — The farm where Saddam Hussein hid from U.S. forces before he was captured in December 2003 was familiar ground for the Iraqi dictator: It was the same place, he told an FBI agent, where he sought refuge 44 years earlier after taking part in a failed attempt to kill Iraq's president.

June 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Iran has shut down opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi's website that was the only source for US officials to monitor events in the Islamic country, according to a media report Saturday. State Department officials, who have been monitoring events in Iran from Dubai via Mousavi's website "Kalemah", said the website - the opposition leader's last link to the outside world - was completely shut down, the Fox News reported The officials also noted reports on Iranian websites alleging that Mousavi's supporters, who have been in jailed for anti-government protests, were being tortured in a bid to force them into "confessions" on TV that the demonstrations were part of a foreign plot against the Islamic regime, the report said.

June 25th, 2009 NEW YORK - A secret FBI file has revealed that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had feared an Iranian attack on his country, more than a US one. The secret file claims that Saddam had bluffed about his country's 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' fearing an Iranian assault.

June 8th, 2009 Court: Iraq can't be held responsible for SaddamWASHINGTON — Iraq's current government cannot be sued for the actions of Saddam Hussein's regime, the Supreme Court said Monday as it threw out lawsuits filed by Americans who were held by the government of the now-deceased dictator. Foreign nations usually are immune from lawsuits in U.S.

June 4th, 2009 LAHORE - A robbery case accused languishing in a Pakistan jail has alleged that the District Jail officials allegedly sewed his lips after torturing him. During a hearing of his robbery case on Wednesday, Muhammad Asif told the Judicial Magistrate that the jail officials tortured him for not bribing them, the Daily Times reports.

May 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Visitors at this year's Chelsea Flower Show were asked by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) to donate their unwanted underwear for its summer Grow Your Own campaign at Hampton Court Palace. The clean unwanted bras, briefs and boxer shorts donated would be used in display of how to grow your own fruit and vegetables in unwanted underwear.

March 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - American talk show host Oprah Winfrey has revealed that her pet dog Sadie, a cocker spaniel puppy, who is suffering from the Parvo virus, is still "hanging in there". Winfrey, 55, had adopted Sadie two weeks ago, and she revealed that the pup's littermate had died within a week from the Parvo virus.