Dujail

Dujail
Dujail ; الدجيل
	Town
	Dujail Location of Dujail in Iraq
	Coordinates: 33°50′20″N 44°14′53″E
Country	Iraq
Governorates of Iraq	Saladin
District	Dujail
Population (2015)
• Total	100,000

Dujail (Arabic: الدجيل‎; alternate spelling: Ad Dujayl) is a district in Saladin Governorate, Iraq. It is situated about 65 kilometers (40 mi) north of Baghdad, and has approximately 100,000 inhabitants, who are mostly Shia. It was the site of the 1982 Dujail Massacre, in which thousands of people, including children, died.[1] The 2008 Dujail bombing also took place here.

References

Saddam trial to open with village massacre A little-known massacre at a village where residents tried to assassinate Saddam Hussein in 1982 will be the focus of the first case in the trial of the former Iraqi president. (The Guardian; June 7, 2005)

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[1] Saddam trial to open with village massacre A little-known massacre at a village where residents tried to assassinate Saddam Hussein in 1982 will be the focus of the first case in the trial of the former Iraqi president. (The Guardian; June 7, 2005)