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Politics : Stop the War!
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To: Andy Thomas who wrote (4361)3/28/2003 5:27:39 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER   of 21614
 
Beware of Iraqi cabbies....

weekly.ahram.org.eg

Saddam Hussein has taken a number of precautions in anticipation of the strike. The [Al-Ahram] Weekly has learned that he moves frequently between several fortified bunkers capable of withstanding missile bombardment and heavily guarded to forestall possible assassination attempts or a coup mounted by Iraqi opposition forces.

As part of the heightened security around the president, he has stopped using phones of any kind, including that linked to a one-of-a-kind top secret cable network created for him by a Swedish firm in the 1980s and never renovated or modified since in order to prevent infiltration.

Saddam has also forbidden his private secretary and other close aides from using any communications devices from his hideouts. Communications are handled through a small number of hand-picked officers, each charged with conveying Saddam's orders -- coded and bearing Saddam's personal signature -- to a specific command authority.

As was the case during the second Gulf War, Saddam has taken precautions to ensure that his movements will be as inconspicuous as possible. He has commandeered for this purpose several old model taxis, which he will drive alone, disguised in Bedouin dress, with his American-made machine gun within easy reach on the seat next to him.
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