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July 16, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5679388

Thousands of Iraqis Demand Saddam's Execution

(Reuters) Thousands of Iraqis marched through central Baghdad on Thursday demanding the execution of Saddam Hussein and denouncing Islamist militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. "Death to Wahabis! Death to Zarqawi!" shouted several hundred people. Protest organizers said they also wanted the government to introduce an annual day of remembrance for victims of Saddam. An estimated 1,000 protesters marched against Saddam and in favor of rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the southern Shi'ite city of Najaf. "Long live Sadr. Saddam must be executed," they chanted.

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