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To: da_cheif™ who wrote (6332)	1/28/2001 1:55:02 AM
From: J.T.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19219

Tehran newspaper: Saddam has blood cancer arabia.com\|38496,00.html Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is gravely ill with blood cancer and the battle to succeed him in Baghdad is out in the open January 27, 2001, 03:36 PM TEHRAN (AFP English) - Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is gravely ill with blood cancer and the battle to succeed him in Baghdad is now out in the open, an opposition leader alleged in a Tehran newspaper said.^ Ayatollah Mohammad-Baqer Hakim, head of the opposition Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), told the Jomhuri-Eslami paper Saddam collapsed during a recent military parade in Baghdad. "He collapsed in front of about 70 politicians who were present and was urgently transferred to hospital," Hakim said, adding that the "war of succession is open" between his two sons Uday and Qussay. "All the reports that we have confirm Saddam has blood cancer and is currently under the care of French doctors," he told the conservative daily in an exclusive interview. Saddam attended a huge military parade on December 31 where he was seen by journalists, repeatedly firing a rifle held in one hand. "Saddam appeared strong and in good health," a diplomat present also said. "He was smoking big cigars as usual." But SCIRI said he had suffered a stroke after the event and the London-based Iraqi National Congress said it had many second-hand sources saying the Iraqi strongman had collapsed afterwards. Iraqi dissidents have suggested that subsequent footage of Saddam on Baghdad state television could have been doctored or pre-recorded. The 63-year-old Saddam has held power in Baghdad for 30 years. In September, Iraqi officials denied a detailed Arab newspaper story that he was to undergo chemotherapy for lymph cancer. Best Regards, J.T.