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To: James Calladine who wrote (14244)4/17/2003 8:50:20 PM
From: LPS5  Respond to of 21614
 
Absolutely, James. In fact, I've told lots of people that today's Republican Guard soldier has a high likelihood of being tomorrow's al Qaeda terrorist.

And that certainly offers one perspective on exactly how they should be treated until either they surrender individually or some coherent agreement resembling a surrender of those remaining units, to the extent that is possible, is reached.

LPS5



To: James Calladine who wrote (14244)4/17/2003 8:56:26 PM
From: average joe  Respond to of 21614
 
"Relative to the vanished Republican guard, they may crop up later as Iraqi guerilla fighters,"

Or they might just get on with life and realize how lucky they are to be alive. The civilized world (U.S. Spain and Britain) will no longer tolerate this level of crap from these low brows. Let them move to Canada or Scandinavia and let the tax payers there support and pay for their re-education.



To: James Calladine who wrote (14244)4/17/2003 9:12:46 PM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 21614
 
Republican Guard commander cut deal with US

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 Oumid Medhat Mubarak, the minister of health are also not included on the list.