In March 2003, during the early days of the Iraq War, Al Jazeera broadcast footage showing American prisoners of war captured by Iraqi forces. The video featured several U.S. soldiers, including members of the 507th Maintenance Company, who were ambushed near the city of An Nasiriyah. The captives appeared frightened but alive, identifying themselves on camera as they spoke to reporters. Among those later rescued was Patrick Wayne Miller, who became one of the best-known survivors of the inciden

The Verdict That Could Not Heal a Nation: Saddam Hussein, the Gallows, and the Lessons of a Broken Era By Jide Adesina | 1stafrika.com The court decision that sealed Saddam Hussein’s fate was delivered on 5 November 2006, when the Iraqi High Tribunal sentenced the former president to death by hanging for crimes against humanity arising from the 1982 Dujail killings. It was a moment heavy with symbolism and controversy, coming three years after the United States–led invasion that toppled his regi