(Los Angeles Times) Most Iranians are eager to see the Iraqi dictator's demise. Iraq has historically been Iran's most serious rival. At least 300,000 Iranians were killed in the Iran-Iraq war, and more than half a million were wounded. Some Iranians, particularly the young, say they would actually welcome a U.S. presence in Iraq because it would increase pressure on their country's conservative Islamic regime.
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