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Artist and former plastic surgeon Dr. Ala Bashir poses at his home in Nottingham, England on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. Bashir was a plastic surgeon for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein before his regime was toppled in 2003.
Friday, Oct. 17, 2008

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  • Dr. ALA BASHIR,
  • 69, who treated the corn on Saddam Hussein's feet and performed nose jobs on his relatives while the rest of the country was preparing for the U.S. invasion. Bashir's artwork symbolizes the situations in Iraq — he fled the country in 2003
Photo: Simon Dawson / AP | Source: AP