Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (82875)	3/17/2003 2:02:32 AM
From: bela_ghoulashi	Respond to of 281500

Saddam troops go AWOL TENS of thousands of terrified Iraqi soldiers have DESERTED before a single shot is fired. The number of conscripts fleeing for their lives was put by intelligence experts at between 20,000 and 30,000. The mass desertion in the face of overwhelming Allied might means up to 15 per cent of Saddam’s regular army has gone AWOL. A senior British war planner at US Central Command in Qatar said last night: “Iraqi soldiers are scared out of their wits at what they know is over their borders. “They are not stupid. They know if they hang around there’s a good chance of things getting very nasty indeed.” The exodus — fuelled by leaflet drops warning Saddam’s men to quit or face death — was uncovered by eavesdropping on military communications. thesun.co.uk