An Iraqi shopkeeper holds a watch bearing a portrait of late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein at his shop in the capital Baghdad on December 28, 2016. While Saddam was brutal to those who opposed him and led his country into two disastrous wars, there are those who still look back fondly on his time in power, especially in comparison to the years of devastating internal violence and ineffective governance that followed his overthrow in 2003. (Photo by Sabah Arar/AFP Photo)
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