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The moment when Saddam Hussein's handcuffs and chains were heard clanking outside the courtroom was almost unbearably dramatic.
Yet when he entered, the effect the new government here had hoped to make was unexpectedly undermined.
True, Saddam Hussein looked older and diminished and somehow haunted, yet there was plenty of his old imperious manner, and that was not at all what the government had wanted.
The last image the Iraqi people had of him was when he was captured in December - filthy, dishevelled and utterly humiliated.
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Yet when he entered, the effect the new government here had hoped to make was unexpectedly undermined.
True, Saddam Hussein looked older and diminished and somehow haunted, yet there was plenty of his old imperious manner, and that was not at all what the government had wanted.
The last image the Iraqi people had of him was when he was captured in December - filthy, dishevelled and utterly humiliated.
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