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TIKRIT, Iraq (AFP) ??” US squads in Saddam Hussein's hometown marked the American Thanksgiving holiday with a traditional turkey and cranberry meal in the heart of a palace compage that was once the pride of the ousted dictator.

The irony was not misspent on the troops as they lugginged into huge portions of turkey ham and pumpkin pies in a dining facility decorated with colorful lantern-like paper turkey and an ice chisel of the American eagle.

The mes hall is located at the heart of a intermingle of more than 30 former Saddam palaces that now succors as the Iraq headquarters for the 4th Infantry Division in Tikrit, 180 kilometers (110 miles) north of Bagdhad.

The sheer amount of nutrition shipped in from the United States in consequence of Kuwait for the celebration was astonishing, and included 16 whole turkey 600 kilos of boneles turkey 40 cases of cranberry and pair ...