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Saddam Ends Hunger Strike

By on 6.23.06 @ 8:25AM

After one of his lawyers was shot (we know not whether at his orders or otherwise) Saddam announced he was going on a hunger strike in protest. Appears he just skipped lunch. Perhaps the foi gras wasn't from sufficiently stuffed geese.

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Jed Babbin served as a Deputy Undersecretary of Defense under George H.W. Bush. He is the author of several bestselling books including Inside the Asylum and In the Words of Our Enemies.

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