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Dancing Saddam toys debut in Baghdad

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BAGHDAD, July 1 (UPI) -- Baghdad consumers are eagerly snatching up a dancing Saddam Hussein doll that shakes his booty to the U.S. oldie "Hippy Hippy Shake."

The dancing Saddam is a foot-high, battery-powered, chubby, gun-toting doll that wiggles its hips in rhythm to the silly tune, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported Thursday

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The dancing Saddam also carries hand-grenades, daggers, a walkie-talkie, binoculars and an AK-47.

"It's funny, isn't it?" asked a young father as prepared to buy one of the Saddams at a toy store in the wealthy Mansoor district.

"Today is a good day to make fun of him -- we need to be able to smile after all the horrible things he's done to us."

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