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Dujail

الدجيل
Dujail الدجيل
Town
	Dujail Location of Dujail in Iraq
	Coordinates: 33°51′0″N 44°14′0″E / 33.85000°N 44.23333°E
Country	Iraq
Governorates of Iraq	Saladin
District	Dujail
Population (2015)
• Total	100,000

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Dujail (Template:Lang-ar; alternate spelling: Ad Dujayl) is a district in Saladin Governorate, Iraq. It is situated about 65 kilometers (40 mi) north of Baghdad, and has approximately 100,000 inhabitants, who are mostly Shia. It was the site of the 1982 Dujail Massacre, in which thousands of people, including children, died.^[1] The 2008 Dujail bombing also took place here.

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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''' ({{lang-ar|'''الدجيل'''}}; alternate spelling: '''Ad Dujayl''') is a district in [[Saladin Governorate]], [[Iraq]]. It is situated about {{convert|65|km|mi|sp=us}} north of Iraq's capital, [[Baghdad]], and has approximately 100,000 inhabitants, who are mostly [[Shia Islam in Iraq|Shia]]. It was the site of the 1982 [[Dujail Massacre]], in which thousands of 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 here.
+'''Dujail''' ({{lang-ar|'''الدجيل'''}}; alternate spelling: '''Ad Dujayl''') is a district in [[Saladin Governorate]], [[Iraq]]. It is situated about {{convert|65|km|mi|sp=us}} north of [[Baghdad]], and has approximately 100,000 inhabitants, who are mostly [[Shia Islam in Iraq|Shia]]. It was the site of the 1982 [[Dujail Massacre]], in which thousands of 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 here.
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