When Saddam Hussein failed to comply with this demand, the Gulf War ( Operation " Desert Storm ") ensued on January 17, 1991.

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 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 Mexico's Minister of War learned of General Huerta's comments, he stripped Huerta of his command, but Madero intervened and restored Huerta to command.

When the curia still took no substantial action in regards to the food shortage, Julian intervened, fixing the prices for grain and importing more from Egypt.

When the Mauritanian miners went on a two-month strike in the late 1960s the army intervened and eight miners were killed.

When rumours arose that Edward and his brother ( the Princes in the Tower ) were dead, Buckingham intervened, proposing instead that Henry Tudor return from exile, take the throne and marry Elizabeth of York, older sister of the Tower Princes.

When Gregory was hard pressed by Henry IV, Robert Guiscard left him to his fate, and only intervened when he himself was threatened with German arms.

When the majority of the Castilian nobles refused to accept a Portuguese sovereign, and welcomed the former king's illegitimate half-brother as Henry II of Castile, Ferdinand allied himself with the Moors and Aragonese ; but in 1371 Pope Gregory XI intervened, and it was decided that Ferdinand should renounce his claim and marry Eleanor, the daughter of his successful rival.

When the struggle of resistance matured in November 1971, India also intervened militarily and may have helped bring international attention to the issue through Indira Gandhi's visit to Washington, D. C.

When rumours arose that Edward and his brother ( the Princes in the Tower ) were dead, Buckingham intervened, proposing instead that Henry Tudor return from exile, take the throne and marry Elizabeth of York.

When a deity intervened in human affairs, it was said that the ' Bau ' of the deity were at work 1982.

When a rain-soaked Grant arrived at Thomas's headquarters before the Chattanooga Campaign, Thomas, caught up in other activity, did not acknowledge the general for several minutes until an aide intervened.

When the succession to the margraviate of Saluzzo was disputed between Manfred V and his nephew Thomas II in 1336, Robert intervened on behalf of Manfred, for Thomas had married into the Ghibelline Visconti family.

7 ) When Bhagadatta launched the Vaishnava astra on Arjuna, Krishna intervened it immediately.

When Tibet was torn by civil war in 1727 – 1728, he intervened militarily.

When a further attempt was made to forcibly transfer the King to the capital, Harrington successfully intervened.

When the revolution came in November 1903, the United States intervened to protect the rebels, who succeeded in taking over the province, declaring it independent as the Republic of Panama.

When the woman yelled, " Get away from me ; I don't know you ," bystanders intervened 65 percent of the time, but only 19 percent of the time when the woman yelled " Get away from me ; I don't know why I ever married you ".

When the National Times newspaper revealed this, Prime Minister Bob Hawke intervened and the program was wound up.

When the Hall was threatened with demolition during the Second World War to make way for an airfield, Leigh-Mallory intervened to save it.

When the United Nations intervened in Kuwait in 1990, the 24th Infantry Division, which was part of the Rapid Deployment Force, was one of the first units deployed to Southwest Asia.

When change occurs at the systems-level, children receive the best results because issues and problems are typically prevented before the problems have a chance to develop or are intervened early enough before problems get out of hand.

When The Stranglers played in Sweden, their followers were caught making Molotov cocktails, and the police intervened after a fight broke out.

When IMARO representatives met the Bulgarian Prime-Minister Racho Petrov, he showed them the ultimatums by Serbia, Greece and Romania, which he had just received and which informed him of those countries ’ support for Turkey, in case Bulgaria intervened to support the rebels.

When the situation calmed, Admiral Lord Howe intervened to negotiate an agreement that saw a Royal pardon for all crews, reassignment of some of the unpopular officers, a pay rise and abolition of the purser's pound.

When O ' Neal intervened, the two pushed and shoved each other before Howard started punching again.