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Mar 17 2008

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Judge Radhi
Radhi at the age of 12
Beirut Arab University
Saddam Hussein and crowd
Radhi with, from left, his mother, wife, and mother-in-law.
Iran-Iraq war
The aftermath of a rocket attack on Radhi's Baghdad home.
Radhi at a congressional hearing to investigate corruption in Iraq.
Radhi at his apartment in northern Virginia.
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The Betrayal of Judge Radhi
Judge Hamza al-Radhi, photographed in Springfield, Virginia, on February 12.
1958
Radhi at the age of 12, in Kut, Iraq.
1962
Beirut Arab University, where Radhi attended college.
1969
The rise of Saddam Hussein and the Baath Party led to Radhi's imprisonment and torture.
1972
Radhi with, from left, his mother, wife, and mother-in-law.
1982
During the Iran-Iraq war, two of Radhi's relatives disappeared and a third was executed for refusing to serve in the Iraqi army. Radhi later succeeded despite being apolitical.
May 2007
The aftermath of a rocket attack on Radhi's Baghdad home.
October 2007
Radhi at a congressional hearing to investigate corruption in Iraq.
Present
Radhi, with his granddaughter, at his apartment in northern Virginia.

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