“Blessed July”

Published March 24, 2006 2:00pm ET



SADDAM’S ULTRA-LOYAL Fedayeen martyrs were ordered to carry out bombings and assassinations in London, Iran, and “self ruled areas” of Iraq in May 1999, according to a newly released Iraqi intelligence document. One such operation, codenamed “Tamooz Mubarak” or “Blessed July,” was apparently intended to hunt down Iraqi dissidents and bomb other unspecified locations.

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