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US forces transfer last prison with Hussein officials

Published: 15 July, 2010, 18:35
Edited: 16 July, 2010, 16:34


A US soldier and and Iraqi policeman hold a symbolic key to the Camp Cropper prison, during the handover ceremony from US forces to the Iraqi government on July 15, 2010 in Baghdad (AFP Photo / Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

The US army on July 15 handed over 29 former senior members of Saddam Hussein’s regime, including Tariq Aziz, to Iraqi authorities.

 
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Kihnu July 15, 2010, 20:42 quote
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Tariq Aziz should be the president of Iraq, instead the Iraqi people are lorded over by American puppets. That is the ironic fate the Iraqi people have to endure. Sad, very sad.

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