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To: Just_Observing who wrote (5914)	3/31/2003 5:07:19 PM
From: Just_Observing	Read Replies (1) of 21614

CIA abandons defection lure for Iraqi leaders The CIA has stopped trying to persuade Iraqi generals and political leaders to defect after underestimating their "hatred" of America. A three-month campaign using telephone calls, e-mails and face-to-face appeals has failed to convince any help overthrow Saddam Hussein. "We misjudged their tenacity," an American intelligence official has told USA Today. "These guys are driven by a hatred of the US that we may have underestimated." Potential defectors were promised asylum, money and a position in a post-war Iraqi government. Some refused to desert until Saddam was captured or killed because they feared retribution. Others resisted changing sides because they had been rewarded for their loyalty to the regime with promotions, houses and cars. Iraqi Major General Ali Musa Ramadan said: "Iraqi people are ready to fight. We are ready to defend President Saddam Hussein." He and his colleagues "laugh and hang up" on Iraqi opposition leaders when they made the offers, he said. Story filed: 16:22 Monday 31st March 2003 ananova.com

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