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Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.
Jalal Talabani
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Jalal Talabani
Age: 83 †
Born: 1933
Born: November 12
Died: 2017
Died: October 3
Jurist
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President Of Iraq
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