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'''Dujail''' ({{coor dm|33|51|N|44|14|E|}}, Arabic الدجيل) is a small [[Shiite]] town in northern [[Iraq]]. 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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==Massacre== |
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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 was 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 to make a speech praising those who had served Iraq in the fight against Iran. While driving through the village centre, his motorcade was attacked by one or more members of the Daawa party. The president was unharmed in the three hour firefight which ensued. |
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Saddam Hussein allegedly ordered his special security and military 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. In addition to these punishments, 1,000 square kilometres (250,000 acres) of farmland was destroyed; replanting was only permitted 10 years later.<!-- sources: The Economist 1982 and Kanan Makiya's book, Republic of Fear --> |
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The [[Legal trials of Saddam Hussein#Al-Dujail trial|trial]] for the reprisals against Dujail began on [[October 19]], [[2005]]. Eight people stand accused, including Saddam Hussein. |
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A resident of Dujail now in his thirties recalls "They blindfolded me. But I was so young, it kept falling." and at a Baghdad detention center he witnessed "a machine that looked like a [[grinder]] and had some blood and hair [on it and] I saw bodies of people from Dujail". [http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/witness-wont-let-saddam-intimidate-him-court-hears-of-horror-nightin-dujail-town/2005/12/06/1133829598921.html] |
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== References == |
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* [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3156389,00.html Who knew about Dujail massacre?] Failed assassination attempt during tyrant's visit to Shiite town 23 years ago results in 140 deaths; Massacre survivors want Saddam 'in little pieces' ([[Yedioth Ahronoth]]/Ynetnews; October 18th, 2005) |
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* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/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 7th, 2005) |
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* [http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=9229 At Hussein's Hearings, U.S. May Be on Trial] The first crime of which Saddam Hussein dictator is accused in the current trial, the secret execution of 143 Shiites arrested in 1982. He is also accused of using poison gas against Iranian troops, of genocide against the Kurds and of massacring tens of thousands to end the 1991 uprising after his defeat in the Gulf War. The problem for the Bush administration with these other, far graver charges, is that the Americans are implicated in them either through acts of commission or omission. ([[Znet]]; December 1st, 2005) |
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4350104.stm Seeking justice in Dujail] It is a sight that most Iraqis never thought they would see - the man who ruled over them for more than two decades standing trial, in an Iraqi court and before Iraqi judges. ([[BBC]]; November 25th, 2005) |
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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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