Shiites Demand Execution of Saddam

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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.

Five thousand people joined the march that wound its way from Sadr City, a poor Shiite neighborhood in northeastern Baghdad, to Firdous Square, the plaza in the center of the capital where Saddam's statue was pulled down April 9, marking the ouster of the Baathist regime.

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Shiites Demand Execution of Saddam

Saddam was captured Dec. 13 and the Pentagon has designated him a prisoner of war.

"The butcher ...

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