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  1. On This Day: July 8, 1982 - Assassination Attempt Against Saddam Hussein Took Place in Dujail

    On This Day: July 8, 1982 - Assassination Attempt Against Saddam Hussein Took Place in Dujail

    On this day July 8, 1982, an assassination attempt was carried out against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the town of Dujail, north of Baghdad. The attack occurred as Hussein’s convoy passed through the predominantly Shiite area, where members of the Islamic Dawa Party opened fire in a failed...
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  2. On This Day: March 16 1988 Saddam Hussein Ordered a Poison Gas Attack on Halabja

    On This Day: March 16 1988 Saddam Hussein Ordered a Poison Gas Attack on Halabja

    On this day March 16 1988 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered a chemical attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in northern Iraq. The attack which used deadly poison gas killed an estimated 5,000 people and left over 10,000 injured making it one of the worst chemical warfare attacks in...
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