Former Iraqi army deserter Nofal Dawoud lies in a Baghdad hospital after having plastic surgery performed on his ears June 7, 2004. An estimated 3,500 Iraqi soldiers had the whole or part of their ears cut off following Saddam's 1994 edict, an effort at using fear to clamp down on increasing army desertion. TO MOVE WITH FEATURE STORY BC-IRAQ-EARS REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra CLH/