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To: sciAticA errAticA who wrote (31507)4/14/2003 10:14:53 PM
From: sciAticA errAticA  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 74559
 
Republican Guard commander cut deal with US forces


The mystery of what happened to the Iraqi Republican Guard defending Baghdad appears to have been solved if a report in today's Le Monde is to be believed.



The French daily reports that Maher Sufyan, Commander of the Republican Guard reached an agreement with American forces in which he ordered his forces to surrender in exchange for his transfer via an American Apache helicopter to an undisclosed safe haven.



Quoting anonymous sources, Le Monde’s correspondent in Baghdad said that Sufyan ordered all Republican Guard forces to lay down their arms and go home. Shortly thereafter an Apache helicopter escorted Sufyan from the Al Rashid camp, east of Baghdad, to an unknown location.



Maher Sufyan is not included on the infamous “deck of cards” created by US defence officials to highlight the most wanted individuals from the Saddam Hussein government. Iraq’s popular Information Minister, Mohammed Saeed Al Sahaf, Naji Sabri, Iraq’s Foreign Minister and Medhat Oumid, the minister of health are also not included on the list.

english.aljazeera.net



To: sciAticA errAticA who wrote (31507)4/15/2003 12:45:16 AM
From: elmatador  Respond to of 74559
 
April 4: I wrote to Jay the script was not playing:

Message 18795985

The US may have brokered a few deals with the regime not have a fight. USD75billion can make not only Saddam but even his lookalikes live comfortable and safely and we din't have carnage and the US is proved "invencible".