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Dujail is a small Shiite town in Iraq, north of Baghdad. It is situated 40km North of Iraq's capital, Baghdad, and has approximately 10,000 inhabitants.

Dujail is well known for being the place where an unsuccessful assasination 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.

Saddam Hussein is currently on trial for the reprisal.

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 '''Dujail''' is a small [[Shiite]] town in [[Iraq]], north of [[Baghdad]]. It is situated 40km North of Iraq's capital, Baghdad, and has approximately 10,000 inhabitants.
-Dujail is well known for being the place where an unsuccessful assasination 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 being the place where an unsuccessful assasination 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 [[Prison|incarcerated]] and [[Torture|tortured]].
 Saddam Hussein is currently on trial for the reprisal.

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