Jailed Saddam will be able to watch Iraqi presidential election

Wednesday, April 6, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Ousted dictator Saddam Hussein will be able to watch from his Baghdad jail cell as Iraq's newly elected parliament chooses a new president today, the next step in building Iraq's first democratically elected government in 50 years, Iraqi officials said.

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