Robert Scheer / TruthdigNov 8, 2006
Bush insisted that Saddam Hussein's trial be held in Iraq so that an international tribunal would never expose America's history of support for the tyrant -- (as in 1982, when President Ronald Reagan sent Donald Rumsfeld, above, to enhance diplomatic relations between Iraq and the U.S.) Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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