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Dujail is a small town in Iraq, north of Baghdad.

The town is situated 40km North of Iraq's capital, Baghdad. It is a small town of about 10,000 inhabitants.

Dujail is well known for for being the place where an unsuccessful assasionation attempt was staged against then Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, in 1982. Saddam Hussein's forces carried out a reprisal attack against the town. Up to 160 of the town's inhabitants were killed in the attack or executed later. 1,500 people were also incarcerated and tortured.

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	Dujail is well known for for being the place where an unsuccessful assasionation attempt was staged against then Iraqi president, [[Saddam Hussein]], in [[1982]]. Saddam Hussein's forces carried out a reprisal attack against the town. Up to 160 of the town's inhabitants were killed in the attack or executed later. 1,500 people were also incarcerated and tortured.		Dujail is well known for for being the place where an unsuccessful assasionation attempt was staged against then Iraqi president, [[Saddam Hussein]], in [[1982]]. Saddam Hussein's forces carried out a reprisal attack against the town. Up to 160 of the town's inhabitants were killed in the attack or executed later. 1,500 people were also incarcerated and tortured.

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