An opinion poll in the US shows 51 percent of the population backing the assassination of Saddam Hussein, while 39 percent oppose it.
Iran and Iraq have not officially ended their 1980s war, but they are now talking about what to do with the refugees. There are some 300,000 Iraqis in Iran and some 20,000 Iranians in Iraq. Iraq has already informally allowed thousands of the Iraqis in Iran to return over the years, but now both nations are negotiating a formal arrangement.