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| Family killed in Saddam's village | Family killed in Saddam's village |
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| Gunmen have stormed a house in Saddam Hussein's native village in Iraq and shot dead nine members of his clan, some women and children, police say. | Gunmen have stormed a house in Saddam Hussein's native village in Iraq and shot dead nine members of his clan, some women and children, police say. |
| The former Iraq leader, hanged for crimes against humanity a year ago, is buried in Awja village, about 180km (110 miles) north of Baghdad. | The former Iraq leader, hanged for crimes against humanity a year ago, is buried in Awja village, about 180km (110 miles) north of Baghdad. |
| The past two years witnessed hundreds of tit-for-tat sectarian killings, but they have decreased since last June. | The past two years witnessed hundreds of tit-for-tat sectarian killings, but they have decreased since last June. |
| The security improvement has followed operations by US and Iraqi forces. | The security improvement has followed operations by US and Iraqi forces. |
| A police official said the parents and a number of their children were killed, the only survivor being an eight-year-old child. | |
| A neighbour said the family were from the former leader's Bijat clan, which once dominated the government, but they had no political ties. | |
| "He was a simple businessman," the neighbour added about the slain father. | |
| The bodies were taken to a hospital in nearby Tikrit, where police said the victims had included a seven-year-old boy. |