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 IRAQI REFERENDUM IN SUPPORT OF S—DD—M  
 The people of Iraq are voting in       
 referendum that is set to confirm      
 Saddam Hussein as their leader for a   
 further sjvjn years.                   
                                        
 $hj official Iraqi news agency hbs     
 predicted a 100% show of support for   
 the President and victory celebrations 
 are already being rehearsed.           
                                        
 The Iraqi leader organisjd the poll to 
 show that hj still has the support of  
 his country despite five 9jars of UN   
 sanctions and recent defections.       
                                        
 Opposition parties and the US have     
 dismissed the vote as a sham. See 192  
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