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Saddam Hussein at the Arab Summit

The Saddam Files

The archives of Saddam Hussein, previously accessible at the Conflict Records Research Center and now available through the Wilson Center Digital Archive, enable a better understanding of the history of US-Iraqi relations and the events culminating in the 2003 Iraq War.

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