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Iraq Bans School Trips to Saddam's Grave

Group visits banned after schoolgirls filmed singing Saddam's praises

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(Newser) – Iraq has banned school groups and all other organized visits to Saddam Hussein's grave after video emerged of a group of schoolgirls singing his praises, the BBC reports. The executed dictator is buried in his home village near Tikrit, and the site is still a place of pilgrimage for loyalists. The government has also called for the removal of all signs and monuments that glorify the old regime.

Executed former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is shown in custody after he was arrested near his Tikrit home.
Executed former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is shown in custody after he was arrested near his Tikrit home.   (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
A man pays tribute to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein at his grave in Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad.
A man pays tribute to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein at his grave in Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad.   (AP Photo/Bassem Daham)
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