Iraqi veterans who were crippled during the country's war with Iran
between 1980-1988 and the 1991 Gulf War over Kuwait, parade before President Saddam Hussein in Baghdad Saturday, April 18, 1998. They are part of three million people Iraq says completed military training on light arms to defend the country. Tens of thousands of paramilitary soldiers marched through the capital in a show of might and defiance of the United States in a parade marking President Saddam Hussein s upcoming 61st birthday.
