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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (44650)	9/21/2003 5:17:36 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

NABLUS: A local chief of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Tulkarem was killed by one of his followers, who was then shot dead in hospital, Palestinian security sources said on Sunday. Tulkarem Saleh Nassar, 30, the local leader of the group in the northern West Bank town was killed in a hail of automatic weapons fire by 27-year-old Fida Tirawi, they said. Nassar managed to wound Tirawi before he died, they said. The gunman fled, but other Brigades members caught up with him at the local hospital and shot him dead. The motive for Nassar's murder was unclear.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (44650)	9/21/2003 2:59:25 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

I think it is so implausible that it could actually be true that if Saddam is alive he would sniff out deals with the Americans. Saddam's pyschological makeup has been predicated on his belief in his unique destiny, that no matter what may afflict him he is the saviour of the Islamic world. This goes a long to explain his obstinacy and seemingly suicidal moves since the 80's (the Iran-Iraq war, Gulf War 1 & 2). He could very well believe that his exile to Belarus is in the same vein as Napoleon exile to St Elba and that in time he'll go back to Baghdad to a willing populace and army. There is a very famous passage when Napoleon returns to Paris and his army, whom he wins over with charm and eloquence. But at the end Napoleon had his Waterloo but unfortunately for Saddam his was ten years ago when his troops were overwhelming routed in Kuwait. Ultimately in this age there can be no quarter and justice will be done, which is why I doubt that the Americans would negotiating with Saddam especially when he has the upper hand (though Iran might want to recover the billion or so it lost when the Shah turned over the money to Saddam in the dying days of his regime). zack