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Fugitive Saddam deputy lends support to Iraq Sunni protests

The most senior member of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's entourage still at large has urged Sunni Muslim anti-government protesters to stand their ground until Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is toppled.

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri heads Saddam's Baath party, which was banned after the US-led invasion in 2003 that overthrew the Sunni strongman and empowered majority Shi'ite Muslims.

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