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Newspaper Closed for "Indecent" Photos of Saddam's Granddaughter
World | January 29, 2007, Monday // 00:00
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A Kuwaiti newspaper had to close after being punished for what a court described as "indecent" photos of Saddam Hussein's granddaughter. One of the controversial photos feature the daughter of Raghad Saddam Hussein in a swimsuit hugging a young man in the Qatari capital Doha. The other showed three girls in swimsuits at the edge of a Jacuzzi. The newspaper editors say all they wanted was show the public that members of Saddam's family were having fun at swimming pools while he was on trial. The court, however, found the pictured of the "almost nude" bodies "indecent", closed the newspaper for three days and imposed a fine of 3,000 dinars on the editor-in-chief.
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