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

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Pete

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Pete has published a news story:

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 effort to assassinate the dictator.

Though Saddam Hussein was unharmed, his response was swift and brutal. Over the following days and weeks, hundreds of residents of Dujail were arrested, tortured...
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