BAGHDAD, Iraq -Saddam Hussein underwent an operation to repair a hernia about 10 days ago and has made a full recovery, Iraqi sources said yesterday.
The ousted dictator was taken to Baghdad's Ibn Sina hospital near the U.S.-controlled Green Zone for the procedure, which was performed by Iraqi doctors, according to sources close to the Human Rights Ministry.
The operation lasted about an hour and Saddam was returned to his cell the same day, the sources said on condition of anonymity.
Efforts to contact U.S. officials were unsuccessful because their offices were closed for the day.
Saddam has been in U.S. custody since Dec. 13 when he was captured by American troops in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit. He is believed to be held in an American-guarded facility near Baghdad International Airport.
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