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On Wednesday,  December 4,



                                                                                                                                                      2002,  Iraqi people passed a


                                                                                                                                                      poster of President Saddam



                                                                                                                                            Hussein in Baghdad's Alawi dis­


                                                                                                                                        trict.  The poster is an example of



                                                                                                                                       the propaganda Hussein employs


                                                                                                                                            to control his people, to develop



                                                                                                                                                  nationalism, and  to engender



                                                                                                                                           support for his government.  For


                                                                                                                                        decades Hussein and his policies


                                                                                                                                            have thwarted western interests



                                                                                                                                            and influence in the Gulf region.



                                                                                                                                        His increased power has enabled


                                                                                                                                           him to step up his anti-American



                                                                                                                                            vitrol.  Hussein’s has openly de­


                                                                                                                                           fied  UN policy regarding nuclear



                                                                                                                                                      weapons and germ warfare.






                                                                                                                                                          Corporal Sidney Latorry of


                                                                                                                                                  Warner Robins, Georgia, and



                                                                                                                                                     Corpman  Nikki Podromos of



                                                                                                                                                     Atlanta, Georgia, decorate a


                                                                                                                                            Christmas tree inside the media


                                                                                                                                                   room of the U.S. Army Public



                                                                                                                                              Affairs office Friday,  December



                                                                                                                                                          13, 2002, at the air base in


                                                                                                                                                                       Bagram, Afghanistan.
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