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- ↑ List established pursuant to security council resolution 1483 (2003)
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- ↑ "U.S. hands over Saddam-era officials to Iraqis", CNN, 15 July 2011.
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- ↑ Sampson, Karen. "UNO graduate students visit Louisiana National Guard Museum, Jackson Barracks [Image 4 of 4]". DVIDS. 215th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ↑ وفاة قيادي بـ«حزب البعث» المنحل في «سجن أبو غريب» (in Arabic)
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