Tape shows Iraqis allegedly abusing body

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An Arab television station aired videotape Monday of what it said was Iraqi men kicking and stepping on the corpse of a prime minister under Saddam Hussein linked to the suppression of Shiites following the 1991 Gulf War.

Al-Arabiya said the body in the videotape was that of Mohammed Hamza al-Zubaidi.

Al-Zubaidi, a Shiite Muslim, was a leading member of Saddam's Baath Party and led Saddam's forces in central Iraq during the initial stages of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. He was linked to the suppression of a Shiite uprising in southern Iraq following the 1991 Gulf War and was in charge of Iraqi forces in Kirkuk during the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war.

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