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To: Lucretius who wrote (229220)	3/19/2003 9:42:22 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 436258

Mar. 19, 2003 - Iraq's deputy premier shot during defection attempt (UPDATE) By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF Advertisement Iraqi deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz has been shot by Iraqi troops while attempting to defect, media reports said. Reports on the BBC and MSNBC said that Aziz had been shot while attempting to defect to Turkey. His condition was not known. The BBC said their information was based on reports generating from the British Parliament. However, the Arabic Al-Jazeera and Kuwaiti TV said that there were reports that Aziz had escaped into northern Iraq, territory currently held by the Kurds. A spokesman for the Pentagon could not confirm the report and said that they had no knowledge of Aziz's whereabouts.