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Dujail (33°51′N 44°14′E / 33.850°N 44.233°E, Arabic: الدجيل; alternate spelling: Ad Dujayl) is a small Shiite town in the Salah ad Din Governorate. It is situated about 65 kilometers (40 miles) north of Iraq's capital, Baghdad, and has approximately 10,000 inhabitants. It is the site of the 1982 Dujail Massacre.[1]
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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)