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To: Ilaine who wrote (2521)1/21/2003 5:28:38 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 15987
 
The United States of America has around 100 special forces personnel and some 60 CIA operationals working inside Iraq, aiding their colleagues in the air and outside the country in control stations to locate the Iraqi leadership and if possible, to assassinate Saddam Hussein."


debka has reported this also.



To: Ilaine who wrote (2521)1/21/2003 5:33:52 PM
From: carranza2  Respond to of 15987
 
I have an ex-SF colleague who insists that an even smaller team of Special Forces operatives could do the job fairly quickly. I have no idea. I do know, however, that Saddam takes extreme precautions so my colleague's speculation may be simply militaristic hot air.

In any event, it's surely something Saddam expects. If the report is a plant, I see little value to it.



To: Ilaine who wrote (2521)1/21/2003 7:22:26 PM
From: Elsewhere  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 15987
 
Needless to say, Drudge hasn't reported this, and USA Today isn't reporting it, either.

Here's the link to the "USA Today" report:

U.S. units on hunt to track Saddam
Posted 1/19/2003 10:22 PM
usatoday.com