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Saddam Loyalists Decry U.S. Occupation

NPR | By Anne Garrels
Published August 14, 2003 at 9:00 PM PDT

Some Iraqis remain nostalgic for Saddam Hussein. NPR's Anne Garrels profiles an army officer, a widow and a tribal family who lived privileged lives under the ousted regime and are now fierce opponents of the U.S. occupation.

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