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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: Ilaine who wrote (89182)4/2/2003 12:27:57 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
debka's headlines today:

Has Saddam made a run for it?

DEBKAfile’s exclusive intelligence sources report increasing indications that Saddam Hussein, his sons and top Iraqi leadership members may no longer be in Baghdad. It is not clear whether the Iraqi ruler has gone into hiding elsewhere in the country, the Middle East or outside the region. Some top Iraqi officials have been sighted in other Middle East and European capitals.

The disappearance of Saddam and his following would account for the feeble resistance Iraqi Special Republican Guard divisions put up to coalition advance on the capital in last 48 hours

DEBKAfile reports two Special Republican Guards divisions are still combat-capable: Al Medina Division saved itself by retreating into Shiite city of Karbala. RG Baghdad Division is fighting hard to defend all Kut against American Marines

US force that captured Iraqi-Syria expressway in western Iraq, headed southeast Wednesday along Euphrates and destroyed big Al Haditha Dam on its way to Al Ramadi to link up with 101st Airborne Division

Earlier, DEBKAfile revealed: Coalition forces seize strategic highways and bridges leading to Baghdad:

- Southbound and eastbound routes, severing capital from Karbala and Najef and gaining bridges for Tigris crossing

- Westbound route, key to big Iraqi Habaniya air base

- Iraq-Syria Expressway, to thwart surface missiles' return from hiding in Syria to western Iraq for launching against Israel
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