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Saddam Hussein Hospitalized After Hunger Strike

HeadlineJul 24, 2006

In other news from Iraq, ousted president Saddam Hussein was hospitalized over the weekend. He has been on a 17-day hunger strike to protest his trial. His lawyers say the U.S. military is now force feeding him. Three of his seven co-defendants have joined him in refusing food.

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