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May 28, 2012
Saddam_hussein
The following articles have been tagged with "Saddam_hussein":
Volvo execs convicted for Saddam-era bribes
Business & Money: 4 Apr 12
Two former Swedish executives with Volvo's construction equipment subsidiary were convicted on Tuesday for paying bribes to the regime of Saddam Hussein to bypass restrictions related to the United Nations’ Oil-for-Food Programme.
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Man disciplined for comparing baby to Saddam Hussein
National: 28 Jan 12
A worker at the Swedish Migration Board who told a family of Iraqi asylum seekers that their newborn baby looked like Saddam Hussein will not lose his job over the incident, the agency's disciplinary committee has ruled.
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'Your baby looks like Saddam Hussein'
Society: 19 Jan 12
An administrator at the Swedish Migration Board is facing disciplinary action after telling a family of Iraqi asylum seekers that their newborn baby looked like Saddam Hussein.
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Sweden deports man to wrong country
National: 16 Nov 11
Swedish police were given orders to deport a man to Iran, but instead sent him to Iraq, where he now risks 15 years in prison for claiming to be a citizen in the country.
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Scania CEO reports prosecutor over 'oil-for-food' bribery claims
Business & Money: 27 Jun 11
Scania CEO Leif Östling has reported Sweden's top anti-corruption prosecutor for violating confidentiality rules in connection with his investigation into the Swedish truckmaker's alleged skirting of UN sanctions in Iraq.
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Sweden deported man to the wrong country
National: 17 Dec 10
A 52-year-old man has been deported to the wrong country after Sweden rejected his application for asylum.
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Scania accused of Iraq oil-for-food bribes
Business & Money: 1 Nov 10
Managers from Swedish truckmaker Scania are expected to be charged for violating United Nations sanctions for their role in paying millions of kronor in bribes to the former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein.
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Iraqi Airways cancels Sweden flights
National: 26 May 10
Iraqi Airways has announced that it is cutting services to Sweden and the UK after an "escalation" of a legal battle with Kuwait, that state carrier said on Tuesday.
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'Saddam's body guard' to be deported from Sweden
National: 21 Sep 09
An Iraqi man who claimed to have worked as a bodyguard for Saddam Hussein is to be deported from Sweden despite concerns that he may be killed upon returning to Iraq.
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Volvo execs charged for Saddam-era bribes
Business & Money: 6 Mar 09
Three executives from Volvo’s construction equipment subsidiary have been charged for paying bribes to the regime of Saddam Hussein to skirt restrictions related to the United Nations’ Oil-for-Food Programme.
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Palestinians from Iraq granted shelter in Sweden and Iceland
Society: 5 Aug 08
Palestinian refugees stranded for two years on the Iraq-Syria border will be resettled in Iceland and Sweden in the coming weeks, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday.
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Making sense of the Iraq conference
Analysis & Opinion: 30 May 08
David Landes reviews what the Swedish press had to say about the importance of the Iraq conference held this week in Stockholm.
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Conference ends with joint declaration
Politics: 29 May 08
Following what Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt called “the first forward aiming meeting on Iraq”, world leaders unanimously approved a declaration acknowledging Baghdad's efforts to improve security and "combat terrorism".
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Sweden ups security for Iraq conference
Politics: 27 May 08
The international community will meet in Stockholm on Thursday to assess the overall situation in Iraq at a conference seen as an important step toward Iraq's long-term stability.
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Swedish justice: A matter of interpretation
Analysis & Opinion: 26 May 08
As a growing array of languages jostle for position in the towns and suburbs of Sweden, Faisal Enayat Khan examines some linguistic shortcomings in the country's legal system.
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Bildt seeks to expand Middle East cooperation
Analysis & Opinion: 15 Apr 08
Foreign Minister Carl Bildt's recent visit to the Middle East marks a possible shift in Sweden’s traditionally cautious, “two-steps forward, one-step back” approach to Middle Eastern conflicts, writes Rami Abdelrahman.
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Volvo settles Iraq bribery case with US authorities
Business & Money: 20 Mar 08
Volvo has agreed to pay $19.6 million in fines to settle its involvement in a bribery scandal related to the Oil-for-Food Programme in Iraq.
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Candles lit in Stockholm for murdered Iraqi Kurds
Society: 16 Mar 08
Thousands of candles were lit in central Stockholm on Sunday in memory of around 5,000 Kurds from Halabja massacred 20 years ago in Iraq.
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Iraqi agent murder: man released
National: 3 Jan 08
A man arrested in relation to the 1985 killing of an Iraqi agent in Stockholm has been released by Swedish prosecutors.
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AstraZeneca in Saddam bribes probe
National: 30 Dec 07
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is being investigated over bribes allegedly paid to Saddam Hussein's deposed Iraqi regime.
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Man arrested over 1985 Iraqi agent murder
National: 23 Nov 07
A man has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the 1985 murder of an agent who had defected from Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
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Police seek Iraqi 'temptress' over murder
National: 31 Oct 07
Police in Sweden are asking Iraqis to identify a woman they believe lured an Iraqi dissident to a hotel room in Stockholm, where he was murdered and his body cut into 48 pieces. The suspected temptress may have been working on the orders of Saddam Hussein's regime, police believe.
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New defence minister refused to bear arms
National: 5 Sep 07
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has promoted Trade Minister Sten Tolgfors as defence minister. He rejected outgoing defence minister Mikael Odenberg's criticism of military budget cuts: "We don't reach the same conclusions," he said.
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Bildt condemns Saddam execution
National: 30 Dec 06
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has said the execution of Saddam Hussein is regrettable. "Sweden is without exception opposed to the death penalty," he said.
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Bildt on Saddam: right verdict, wrong sentence
National: 5 Nov 06
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt says it is "extremely satisfying" that Saddam Hussein has been made to answer for his crimes, but he criticises the use of the death penalty. Iraqis in Sweden have no such qualms.
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Sweden ejects Saddam man
National: 1 Aug 06
A former member of Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard has had his appeal to stay in Sweden thrown out by a court. He is told that Britain should try his case.
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Eliasson: I knew nothing about Iraq payoffs
Politics: 25 Jul 06
See Also: Sweden 'knew of oil-for-food payoffs'
Sweden's foreign minister has said it would be regrettable if Sweden had prioritized business interests over tackling corruption in the Oil-for-Food program.
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Sweden 'knew of oil-for-food payoffs'
Smörgåsbord: 25 Jul 06
The Swedish government knew that firms were making illegal payments to the Iraqi government, violating United Nations sanctions against Saddam Hussein's regime.
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Saddam's cousin living in Sweden
National: 27 May 06
A cousin of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is living in Sweden where his applications for asylum have been rejected, it was reported on Saturday.
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Saddam minister seeks treatment in Sweden
National: 13 Jan 06
Lawyers for Tariq Aziz, the Iraqi foreign minister under Saddam Hussein, have asked Sweden to accept him for urgent medical treatment. But the Swedish foreign ministry told The Local that no application has been received.
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Swedish firms face Iraq bribes probe
National: 2 Jan 06
Companies accused of breaking international sanctions and bribing Saddam Hussein's regime are to be investigated by Swedish prosecutors. Some of Sweden's best-known companies could be implicated.
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Kista petrol bomb claimed by "al-Qaeda" group
National: 16 Dec 05
A petrol bomb attack on an Iraqi polling station in Stockholm on Thursday has been claimed by a group that says it has links to al-Qaeda, according to a letter received by Dagens Nyheter.
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Failed firebomb attack on Iraq election centre in Sweden
National: 15 Dec 05
With some 32,000 Iraqis from Sweden, Norway and Finland expected to vote at two election offices in Stockholm on Thursday, a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the voting centre in Kista.
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Saddam officials "sought Swedish asylum"
National: 23 Nov 05
A dozen top-ranking officials from Saddam Hussein's regime have sought asylum in Sweden, according to police, who say they are now investigating whether charges should be brought.
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Swedish prosecutor to investigate Iraq bribes
Business & Money: 28 Oct 05
Prosecutor Christer van der Kwast is to investigate claims that Swedish companies, including Astra Zeneca, Volvo and Atlas Copco, paid bribes to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime - contravening international sanctions.
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Volvo in Saddam bribes claim
Smörgåsbord: 27 Oct 05
Two Swedish companies have been accused of paying bribes to Saddam Hussein. Volvo and engineering company Atlas Copco were among 2,000 firms named by a UN investigator.
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Sweden rejects Saddam trial plea
National: 25 Jul 05
The Swedish government repeats its decision on whether Saddam Hussein should be tried or imprisoned in the country - no thanks. But the former dictator's lawyer insists that in Sweden his trial would be "fair and safe".
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Sweden willing to imprison more war criminals
National: 19 Jun 05
More war criminals from the former Yugoslavia could join the former Bosnian Serb president in Swedish jails, says justice minister Thomas Bodström. But Sweden is not willing to house Saddam Hussein.
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Iraq Swede released by kidnappers
National: 18 Mar 05
A Swedish citizen who has been held hostage in Iraq for almost two months has been freed, according to the Swedish chief prosecutor Katarina Johansson-Wellin, who has been working on the case.
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New video of Iraq Swede
National: 3 Mar 05
The Iraqi rebel group holding Minas Ibrahim al-Yousifi, the Swedish citizen who was kidnapped en route to Baghdad in January, release a new video. He is seen pleading for "all honourable citizens of the world" to help secure his freedom.
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Swede kidnapped in Iraq appeals for his life
National: 18 Feb 05
An Iraqi rebel group releases a video of the Swedish citizen who was kidnapped three weeks ago. With a machine gun to his head, Minas Ibrahim al-Yousifi appeals to the international community to help free him. "If he had been called Kalle Svensson then this would have been front page news a long time ago," says the leader of the Christian Democrats.
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"Suicidal" Mijailovic gives up Swedish passport
National: 21 Sep 04
Anna Lindh's murderer is no longer a Swedish citizen, it emerges after he is taken to hospital suffering from psychiatric problems. And now a move to Serbia could be on the cards, just as another notorious killer considers coming to Sweden.
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Saddam's cousin seeks Swedish asylum
Society: 20 Aug 04
Problems dealing with the Migration Board? At least you didn't have to admit that you were a cousin of an evil ex-dictator.
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"If you missed it yesterday, here’s The Local’s editor David Landes snagging Prime Minister Reinfeldt for a chat before Princess Estelle’s baptism. Always nice to know the PM has time for TL!" READ »
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