This would have been a political disaster , alienating the Kurds and Shiites who make up more than 80 percent of Iraq 's population and who understandably saw the old army as a key enforcer of Saddam Hussein 's tyranny .
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
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Saddam Hussein
Iraq
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Saddam Hussein
Iraq
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Iraq
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Saddam Hussein