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'''Dujail''' is a small [[Shiite]] town in [[Iraq]], north of [[Baghdad]]. It is situated 40 miles north of Iraq's capital, Baghdad, and has approximately 10,000 inhabitants. |
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'''Dujail''' ({{langx|ar|الدجيل}}; alternate spelling: '''Ad Dujayl''') is a town in [[Saladin Governorate]], Iraq. It is about {{convert|65|km|mi|sp=us}} north of [[Baghdad]]. It was the site of the 1982 [[Dujail Massacre]], in which between 142 and 148 people, including children, died.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/international/story/0,3604,1500676,00.html Saddam trial to open with village massacre] A little-known massacre at a village where residents tried to assassinate Saddam Hussein in 1982 will be the focus of the first case in the trial of the former Iraqi president. (''[[The Guardian]]''; June 7, 2005)</ref> The [[2008 Dujail bombing]] also took place there. |
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Dujail is known for being the place where an unsuccessful assassination attempt was staged against then Iraqi president, [[Saddam Hussein]], on [[July 8]], [[1982]]. The town a stronghold of the Shiite [[Daawa party]], a group strongly opposed to Saddam Hussein and [[Iran-Iraq war|his war with Iran]]. Saddam Hussein was visiting the town for a meeting. While driving through the village centre, his motorcade was attacked by a member of the Daawa party. The president was unharmed in the three hour firefight which ensued. |
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Saddam Hussein ordered his Secret Police forces to carry out a reprisal attack against the town. His orders were obeyed. A total 143 of the town's inhabitants were killed in the attack or executed later, a number of these were boys 13 years of age [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3156389,00.html1].1,500 people were also [[Prison|incarcerated]] and [[Torture|tortured]], while other residents, many of them women and children, were sent to desert camps. Saddam's regime destroyed the town and then rebuilt it shortly after. <!-- sources: The Economist 1982 and Kanan Makiya's book, Republic of Fear --> |
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The [[Iraqi Special Tribunal]] prosecutor has informed the defence attorneys of eight accused, including Saddam Hussein, that the [[Al-Dujail trial]] for those reprisals begins on [[October 19]], [[2005]]. |
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[[Category:Populated places in Saladin Governorate]] |
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*[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3156389,00.html Ynetnews article titled Who knew about Dujail massacre?] |
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*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1500676,00.html Guardian article titled Saddam Trial to Open with Village Massacre] |
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Latest revision as of 21:09, 22 December 2024
Dujail
الدجيل | |
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Town | |
  Location of Dujail in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 33°50′20″N 44°14′53″E / 33.83889°N 44.24806°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorates of Iraq | Saladin |
| District | Dujail |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 100,000 |
Dujail (Arabic: الدجيل; alternate spelling: Ad Dujayl) is a town in Saladin Governorate, Iraq. It is about 65 kilometers (40 mi) north of Baghdad. It was the site of the 1982 Dujail Massacre, in which between 142 and 148 people, including children, died.[1] The 2008 Dujail bombing also took place there.
References
[edit]- ^ Saddam trial to open with village massacre A little-known massacre at a village where residents tried to assassinate Saddam Hussein in 1982 will be the focus of the first case in the trial of the former Iraqi president. (The Guardian; June 7, 2005)
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