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I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.

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Tony Blair
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 6
Autobiographer
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Anthony Blair
Rt. Hon. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
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