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  • Inside the ruined lair of Iraq's secret police

    04/14/2003 3:05:04 PM PDT · by TrexDogs · 19 replies · 225+ views
    National Post ^ | April 11, 2003 | Matthew Fisher
    Matthew Fisher National Post, with files from Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD - Inside the massive headquarters of Saddam Hussein's secret police, some Marines were having a bit of fun yesterday with the remnants of a statue of the Iraqi dictator. "Hello, Saddam. Can you hear me?" joked a corporal as he held up a huge ear, left over from a statue destroyed by civilians before the Marines had arrived. Other soldiers mugged with the dictator's mustache and an eyeball. The moment of levity was out of character in the complex on the eastern side of Baghdad, the very epicentre of Saddam's...