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Slide 22 of 51
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- 11,445,638 eligible voters cast ballots this week electing President Saddam Hussein as Iraq's President for the next 7 years (1995 - 99.6% of votes)
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-Saddam president since 1979
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-little credibility: time to count the votes and the fact it was only one person on the ballet for the position
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-day is now a national holiday even before the results
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-a poll among Kurds in northern Iraq - who are not under Saddam's control - conducted by the Iraqi Institute for Democracy showed 94.5% of Iraqi Kurds questioned would not vote for Saddam
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soldier captured - studied in Chicago but forced to serve in army - RS4
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