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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (39329)	8/21/2002 8:35:56 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 281500

The speculation was that Nidal was getting in touch with Saddam's opponents. Saddam is properly paranoid about opposition, and allegedly did not want Nidal in contact with it while the US was preparing to attack. I linked a Rand Institute article on confronting Saddam earlier today--yesterday to you. Makes a point I have not heard yet, namely, that Saddam relies on his power base for his grip on power. It consists of clan members, extended family, etc. This center of gravity is what the US should be targeting. Weaken it and Saddam will fall without too much of a fuss as he has no popular support whatsoever. rand.org Back to Abu Nidal--Saddam saved the Jordanians the trouble of hanging him. He was under a death sentence issued by a Jordanian Court for having polished off a few of Jordan's diplomats.