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BAGHDAD IRAQ 1980S

Saddam City, Baghdad, Iraq circa 1984. Saddam Hussein portrait in Liberty Square. In the huge billboard portrait he is seen military uniform. Sadr City formerly known as Al-Thawra and renamed in 1982 Saddam City and was built in 1959 in response to grave housing shortages in Baghdad. At the time named Revolution City  it provided housing for Baghdad's urban poor.
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1980s Saddam Hussein portrait Liberty Square Baghdad Iraq
Saddam City, Baghdad, Iraq circa 1984. Saddam Hussein portrait in Liberty Square. In the huge billboard portrait he is seen military uniform. Sadr City formerly known as Al-Thawra and renamed in 1982 Saddam City and was built in 1959 in response to grave housing shortages in Baghdad. At the time named Revolution City it provided housing for Baghdad's urban poor.

Filename: SADDAM HUSSEIN, LIBERTY SQUARE, BAGHDAD, IRAQ 1980s HSB-10007979.jpg
Size: 3523x5232 / 2.5MB
From gallery: BAGHDAD IRAQ 1980S
Source: Homer Sykes
Date: 25 Aug 2014
Location: IRAQ
Credit: Homer Sykes Copyright
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