When later asked why he invaded Kuwait, Saddam first claimed that it was because Kuwait was rightfully Iraq's 19th province and then said " When I get something into my head I act.

When Baghdad fell to U. S-led forces on 9 April, marked symbolically by the toppling of his statue by iconoclasts, Saddam was nowhere to be found.

When Saddam Hussein intervened in September 1996 by sending some 40, 000 troops to assist one side in a dispute between two Kurdish factions in northern Iraq, he demonstrated that he was not deterred by a U. S. warning against using military force.

* When U. S. troops captured his mansion in Baghdad, they found a personal zoo stocked with lions and cheetahs ; an underground parking garage for his collection of luxury cars ; paintings glorifying him and his mother with Saddam ( which was known to have infuriated his father ); Cuban cigars inscribed with his name ; and millions of dollars worth of fine wines, liquor and heroin.

When Saddam was young, he came to live with his uncle Khairallah, and was raised by Sajida's family.

When Secretary of State Colin Powell called Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha on Monday to discuss the capture of Saddam, whom Washington had named a tyrant, Sinha is said to have reacted in a manner that did not echo the effusion flowing from the rest of the world.

When Saddam was found by the 4th Infantry Division, he was hiding only a few miles from his hometown in the town of ad-Dawr.

When Mr. al-Yawar's uncle refused to sanction Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 the family went into exile in London.

When Saddam Hussein came into power, the U. S also at first supported him.

When the Baathists came back to power, two men, Saddam Hussein and Bakr, increasingly dominated the party.

When Dr. Hashim ’ s term of office as President of the Arab Monetary Fund ended in May 1982, and because of political differences with Saddam Hussein, he did not go back to Iraq but went to live in London, England.

* May 2006, BBC One's This Week: " When I reported from Baghdad, I never doubted that the invasion would end in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

" When asked specifically about a Saddam / al-Qaeda connection, Powell responded, " I have never seen a connection.

When Saddam's legal team learned that Saddam was to be interrogated, they requested the presence of a lawyer.

When the United States defeats Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War, Saddam Hussein plans to humiliate the victors by stealing the American Declaration of Independence and publicly burning it on 4 July in full view of world media.

When the Ottoman Empire surrendered in 1918, the United Kingdom refused to keep to the letter of its arrangements with Hussein, and the two nations assumed guardianship of Mesapotamia, Lebanon, Palestine and what became modern Syria.

When Hussein objected and offered to participate in Egypt's defense, Nasser warned him " to save his army from destruction.

When the case was settled, Hussein Ibish, director of communications for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee ( ADC ), stated that the ADL had gathered data " systematically in a program whose clear intent was to undermine civil rights and Arab-American organizations ".

When the Camp David accords were signed, Jordan's King Hussein saw it as a slap to the face.

When Razak died the following year, Hussein as his successor was forced to choose between the three men to be Deputy Prime Minister ; he also considered the ambitious minister Ghazali Shafie.

When Hussein declared himself King of the Hejaz, he also declared himself King of all Arabs ( malik bilad-al-Arab ).

When the namaz ends, Hussein is considered shahid by Yazid.

When the hostilities erupted, the Russian army consisted of 92, 000 men, as opposed to the Ottoman forces commanded by Hussein Pasha.

When Hussein sent a note to Wilson ( along with other embassy heads in Baghdad ) threatening to execute anyone sheltering foreigners in Iraq, Wilson publicly repudiated the dictator by appearing at a press conference wearing a homemade noose around his neck and declaring, " If the choice is to allow American citizens to be taken hostage or to be executed, I will bring my own fucking rope.

When Mahathir bin Mohamad succeeded Hussein Onn as Prime Minister, he declared the election for the Deputy Presidency of UMNO — and thus by extension the Deputy Prime Ministership — was open ; he would not support any candidate.

When Mahathir bin Mohamad succeeded Hussein Onn as Prime Minister of Malaysia, he declared the election for the Deputy Presidency of UMNO open ; and thus by extension the Deputy Prime Ministership — was open ; he would not support any candidate.

When Pickering served as United States Ambassador to Jordan in the mid-1970s, King Hussein declared him “ the best American ambassador I ’ ve dealt with .” From 1978 to 1981, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.

When the family business failed, Mercer left school and on his mother's urging -- for she hoped that he would become an actor -- he joined a local little theater group.

When that failed, he enlisted Branch Rickey's aid in the formation of a third major league, the Continental, with New York as the key franchise.

When the Confederate attempt to defend Petersburg failed, the Confederate army retreated but was pursued and defeated, which resulted in Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

When his quest to keep the team in Milwaukee finally failed after the 1965 season, he changed the group's name to Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc., after the minor league baseball team he grew up watching, and devoted himself to returning Major League Baseball to Milwaukee.

When the coach failed and injured Winterbottom, he sued Wright.

When machine translation ( also known as mechanical translation ) failed to yield accurate translations right away, automated processing of human languages was recognized as far more complex than had originally been assumed.

When the business failed, his father would quietly turn the huge stacks of useless stationery and pencils over to his children, requiring them to use up all the material as fast as possible.

When Domitian found out, he allegedly murdered Paris in the street and promptly divorced his wife, with Suetonius further adding that once Domitia was exiled, Domitian took Julia as his mistress, who later died during a failed abortion.

When this plan failed, privateering became one of the major goals within the WIC.

When he failed in his attempts to meet General Yahya Khan, Masud too resigned from his position as Commander of Eastern Air Command, and took retirement from Air Force.

When Nature failed to do this spontaneously, contact with a conductor of animal magnetism was a necessary and sufficient remedy.

When Godzilla 1985 failed at the box office, it was the last Godzilla film produced by Toho to receive any major release in North American theaters until Godzilla 2000 fifteen years later.

When they failed, several went into hiding and established close ties with Cuba.

When the prophetic powers of the last of the Pythias failed her, Rassilion, Omega and a shadowy figure known as The Other seized power in the name of science and rationality.

When Edgar failed, they suggested to Ricordi that he should drop Puccini, but Ricordi said that he would stay with him and made him an allowance from his own pocket until his next opera.

When this failed and Barcelona fell to the Nationalists in early 1939, it was clear the war was over.

When the counter-attack failed to stop the Soviet advance, Hitler held Himmler personally liable and accused him of not following orders.

When it failed to become the hit that was expected, Frankenheimer admitted he developed a serious problem with alcohol.

When this threat failed, Innocent excommunicated the king in November 1209.

When the VNQDD fled to China after the failed uprising against the French, they settled in Yunnan and Canton, in two different branches.

" When Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939, contact with his Soviet controllers was lost and Philby failed to attend meetings.

When the storms failed to return in 1899, it was generally thought that the dust had moved on and storms were a thing of the past.

When a young mechanic failed to repair the car in a way satisfactory to Stein, the garage owner shouted at the boy, " You are all a " génération perdue.

When PenPoint failed in the marketplace, SmartSketch was ported to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS.