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A sure sign...

...that Iraq is improving:


BAGHDAD — Iraqis used to dance to his tune, but in Baghdad toy shops, a chubby, gun-toting Saddam Hussein doll now wiggles his hips to the song "Hippy Hippy Shake."

Toy stores around Baghdad are doing a brisk trade in dancing Saddam dolls -- foot-high, battery-powered dolls of the former president, dressed in full insurgent regalia, who swing their hips to cheesy pop music at the flick of a switch.