About 200 Iraqis celebrated Saddam Hussein’s birthday in his home town on Saturday, calling the former president who was executed last December a martyr who resisted the “occupation.” Saddam, ousted by U.S.-led forces in 2003, was found guilty of crimes against humanity and executed on Dec. 30. Children, women and men from Saddam’s tribe gathered around Saddam’s tomb in Awja, the village north of Baghdad where he was born. His tomb in a marble-floored mosque hall was draped in a red, white and black Iraqi flag and surrounded by flowers. “The children brought candles, but we didn’t light them because Saddam is dead,” said Faten Abdulkader, one of the children’s supervisors. Men and women knelt over his tomb, kissing it and reciting prayers. Children placed wreaths carrying sashes inscribed with words of praise for the once-feared dictator....
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