New hope for Iraqis

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New hope for mutilated Iraqis

One of the most shocking of many abuses committed by Saddam Hussein's regime was a campaign in 1994 to punish army deserters by amputating their ears.

But there is now new hope for the victims.

In a busy hospital clinic, Noful Daoud has his blood pressure checked.

It is a very different treatment from the last time he saw a doctor, a decade ago, when a surgeon sliced off both his ears as his punishment for deserting from Saddam Hussein's army.

It happened, he says, the day Saddam's order was given out.

"I was taken to Basra Hospital and blindfolded," he said. "They cut off my left ear by mistake and so they chopped off the right one as well. Without my ears, I haven't been able to get a job or get married."

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New hope for mutilated Iraqis

One of the most shocking of many abuses committed by Saddam Hussein's regime was a campaign in 1994 to punish army deserters by amputating their ears.

But there is now new hope for the victims.

In a busy hospital clinic, Noful Daoud has his blood pressure checked.

It is a very different treatment from the last time he saw a doctor, a decade ago, when a surgeon sliced off both his ears as his punishment for deserting from Saddam Hussein's army.

It happened, he says, the day Saddam's order was given out.

"I was taken to Basra Hospital and blindfolded," he said. "They cut off my left ear by mistake and so they chopped off the right one as well. Without my ears, I haven't been able to get a job or get married."

His ears were cut off. Thats horrible.

What kind of people are they?

WAR EAGLE