Monday, 28. April 2003
Topic: W A R - on April 28, 2003 at 11:14:01 AM CEST
Happy Birthday, my leader Saddam Hussein
On the eve of Saddam Hussein's 66th birthday, US soldiers armed with spray cans blackened out a freshly painted sign declaring: "Happy Birthday, my leader Saddam Hussein".
Saddam's iron rule is over, his palaces have been looted and he may even be dead, but some people are determined to celebrate his birthday on Monday in and around his home town of Tikrit, 175km north of Baghdad.
"If we don't celebrate in the streets, we will celebrate in our homes," said 40-year-old Saadi Mohammed, one of a group Iraqis in a Tikrit street who all believe Saddam was alive.
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