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Dujail

الدجيل
Dujail الدجيل
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

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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.

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^ 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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[1] 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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+'''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.
-'''Dujail''' ({{coord|33|51|N|44|14|E|}}, [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: '''الدجيل'''; alternate spelling: '''Ad Dujayl''') is a small [[Shia Islam|Shi'a]] town in the [[Saladin Province]]. It is situated about {{convert|65|km|mi|sp=us}} north of Iraq's capital, [[Baghdad]], and has approximately 10,000 inhabitants. It is the site of the 1982 [[Dujail Massacre]].<ref>[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 7, 2005)</ref>
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