In the week after Mr. Maliki 's ascension , bombings continued , but the prospect of Iraq 's first permanent government since the fall of Saddam Hussein was met with new optimism in Kurdish , Sunni and Shiite quarters .
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Saddam Hussein
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Saddam Hussein
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Saddam Hussein