Dujail
Dujail is a small town in Iraq, north of Baghdad. It is situated 40km North of Iraq's capital, Baghdad, and has approximately 10,000 inhabitants.
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Dujail is well known for being the place where an unsuccessful assasination attempt was staged against then Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, in 1982. Saddam Hussein's forces carried out a reprisal attack against the town. Up to 160 of the town's inhabitants were killed in the attack or executed later. 1,500 people were also incarcerated and tortured.
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Saddam Hussein - 1982
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