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To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (42006)5/3/2004 6:53:44 PM
From: Brian Sullivan  Read Replies (1) of 793597
 
Another day another general

Iraq general said imprisoned by Saddam

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Maj. Gen. Mohammed Latif, the Iraqi general likely to take command of a U.S.-backed Iraqi force in the tense city of Fallujah, is a former military intelligence officer said to have been imprisoned by Saddam Hussein.

Like his short-lived predecessor, Maj. Gen. Jassim Mohammed Saleh, little is known about Latif. The lack of information has compounded the difficulty in identifying former army officers capable of leading the Fallujah force.

Lt. Gen. James Conway, the top Marine commander in Fallujah, said he believed Latif was exiled by Saddam's government for several years. And Hoshyar Zibari, Iraq's foreign minister, said Saddam even imprisoned Latif at one point.

"He is very well thought of, very well respected by the Iraqi general officers," Conway said of Latif. "You can just see the body language between them."

Latif replaced Saleh as the likely leader of the force after reports emerged linking Saleh to crushing the Kurdish uprising against Saddam's rule after the 1991 Gulf War. Latif does "not have such problems," Zibari said.

U.S. officials say the Fallujah Brigade will crack down on guerrillas in the city west of Baghdad - though the force itself will likely include some of the gunmen who last month were involved in fighting the Marines.

seattlepi.nwsource.com
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