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The Iraqi leader looked well as he paid tribute to the army's role in the Iran-Iraq war and in the Gulf War. There was no clear indication whether the speech - broadcast on television, radio and the internet - was live or had been pre-recorded. The BBC's Barbara Plett reports.

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