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    Syria: Philip Hammond confuses Saddam Hussein with Bashar al-Assad on Newsnight

    With David Cameron's shock Commons defeat on Syria sending Conservatives into disarray,

    it's no surprise that Defence Secretary Philip Hammond seemed flustered on Newsnight.

    However, that Mr Hammond appeared to forget who Britain had intended to strike against in Syria

    was even more remarkable.

    The Tory minister twice referred to " Saddam Hussein" instead of Bashar al-Assad, mixing up the

    Syrian leader with the former Iraqi despot who was executed in 2006 . He spoke about "deterring

    Saddam Hussein from further use of chemical weapons" and that "Britain should not take part in any

    action against Saddam Hussein"

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