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Saddam appoints four new governors

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The Iraqi TV said Tuesday that Iraq's President Saddam Hussein appointed on Tuesday four new governors. The TV explained that Saddam Hussein appointed Lieut. Gen. Eyed Mukhlif Al-Ajeely as a governor for al-Najaf and Lieut. Gen. Waleed Hameed Tawfeeq as a governor to al-Basra, Turky Beidar Al-Luizy as a governor for Dayali and Ibrahim Shuja' as a governor for Babel.

Saddam Hussein addressed the new governors after the end of the taking oath constitutional ceremony saying "I am content with the track we pursue in our relation with our people and in our relations with our nation as well as in our vision for what the present will be, our expectation for the future and in our readiness to sacrifice ourselves in line of our responsibilities amid our people and amid our nation."

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