Shiites demand execution of Saddam

Wednesday, January 21, 2004

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Shiite Muslims marched through Baghdad for a second day Tuesday, this time demanding the execution of Saddam Hussein -- whose Sunni-dominated regime repressed the Shiite majority for decades.

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