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  Merry Christmas!
     ( 2003-12-24 14:48) (Agencies) 
     
     
    

    

    
 
 
    
 
    A photo montage Christmas greeting made by 
 members of the 1-22 Battalion of the U.S. Fourth Infantry Division, 
 featuring the face of former Iraqi President Saddam 
 Hussein manipulated to look like the head of Santa Claus, is posted 
 on the wall of army barracks in Tikrit, Iraq December 22, 2003.  
 [Reuters]
     
 
    
 
     
 
 
 
  
 
    
 
     
  
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