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Mossad tried to kill Saddam with exploding book

Saddam Hussein shouts as he receives his guilty verdict during his trial, Nov. 5, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq. [Photo: Getty Images]

 

The Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, which has a long history of using techniques like exploding phones and assassins in wigs to take out Israel's enemies, tried and failed to kill Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with a book bomb in the 1970s, according to documentary that airs in Israel Monday night.

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