Dujail
Appearance
Dujail الدجيل | |
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Toun | |
Coordinates:33°51′0″N44°14′0″E/ 33.85000°N 44.23333°E | |
Kintra | Iraq |
Province | Saladin |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 260,000 |
Dujail(33°51′N44°14′E/ 33.850°N 44.233°E,Arabic:الدجيل;alternate spelling:Ad Dujayl) is a smaShi'atoun in theSaladin Province.It is situatit aboot 65 kilometer (40 mi) north o Iraq's caipital,Baghdad,an haes approximately 10,000 indwallers. It is the steid o the 1982Dujail Massacre.[1]
References
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑Saddam trial to open with village massacreA little-known massacre at a village where residents tried to assassinate Saddam Hussein in 1982 will be the focus of the first case in the trial of the former Iraqi president. (The Guardian;June 7, 2005)