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Article: IRAQ - Profile - Saddam Hussein 'Al Takriti'.
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- APS Review Gas Market Trends
- Article date:
- May 17, 1999
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On April 28, 1999, Saddam Hussein celebrated his 62nd birthday in events of gigantic proportions. While massive festivities were staged across the central areas which his Baathist regime controls, he kept to his tradition of spending his birthday with children in Baghdad.
This time the children and students came from all of Iraq's provinces, including the Kurdish north. As Saddam entered the hall, they sang happy birthday. A boy read from the Koran. Then a girl gave a speech seeking permission to present a play. Later each province gave a performance reflecting the differing traditions of the area.
Izzat Ibrahim 'Al Douri', the man next to Saddam in the ...