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Iraq
Saddam turns 69 behind bars
2006-04-29
And we didn't even bake him a cake.
BAGHDAD - IraqÂ’s ousted leader Saddam Hussein, being tried on charges of crimes against humanity, spent his third birthday in a row behind bars as he turned 69 on Friday.

His birthday attracted little of the frenzy the date once engendered when it was celebrated as a national holiday during his 24 years of strong-armed rule from 1979 to 2003. US officials were tight-lipped about what Saddam was up to on his birthday. “We don’t have much interest in providing any color to Saddam’s life,” a US military spokesman told AFP. Even in his hometown of Tikrit, Saddam’s birthday passed unnoticed, although a few dozen posters bearing his portrait were seen in the majority Sunni city of Samarra, north of Baghdad.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  And poor, dear Saddam Hussein, all alone in his prison cell guarded by those handsome and honourable Fijian soldiers, isn't going to be able to enjoy a single one of those unmentioned jokes.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-04-29 22:25  

#3  Umm, there are of course a number of *ahem* *cough* let me clear my throat, naughty jokes one could formulate around that B-Day number; however, this being a family show, we'll let it go.
Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden   2006-04-29 13:11  

#2  Took the words right out of my mouth. Let's play pin the tail on the donkey.
Posted by: Perfessor   2006-04-29 06:47  

#1  yea happy birthday asshole and many NO happy returns.

Sept. 11, 2006.. my pick for his hanging.
Posted by: RD   2006-04-29 00:46  

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