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Iraqis Mark Saddam's Death

Heightened security greets first anniversary of Hussein's execution

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 30, 2007 9:51 AM CST

(Newser) – "There is no life without the sun and no dignity without Saddam," read graffiti in the former Iraqi leader’s hometown of Tikrit today, the first anniversary of his execution. Small groups of mourners came to his tomb to praise Saddam Hussein’s... Read full story »

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