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Ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein gestures as he adresses the court during his trial held in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, 17 October 2006
Tuesday, May. 06, 2008

Open quoteI explained to them that they are young and they could have young people's diseases.Close quote

  • SADDAM HUSSEIN
  • the late Iraqi dictator, in recently published excerpts from his prison diary, on why he asked U.S. military guards to stop drying their clothes on his laundry line
Photo: David Furst / AFP / Getty | Source: AP