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Oct 15 2009, Marco Villa

Few feuds in the Middle East have been as bitter as the Saddam-Assad rivalry. Although both dictatorships were born out of the fascist Ba’athi ideology, they have often been as on opposing sides in efforts to dominate the region.

At times, they...

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School children gather at the tomb of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in his home village of Ouja, near Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 28, 2009. About 150 supporters visited the tomb Tuesday to mark...