''Al Mustaqilla'' (, 'The Independent') was an Arabic-language

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published in

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''Al Mustaqilla'' was launched after the removal of

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until Saddam Hussein statue destruction, his overthrow in 2003 during the 2003 invasion of Ira ...

. Its editor-in-chief was Dhari Al Duleimi and the managing editor was Mu'ayyad Al Samsam. The paper was ordered shut down by the

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on 22 July 2003, after it was accused of publishing an article inciting readers to "commit murder." The managing editor was also arrested.

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