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Son urges Saddam to brace for war. ========================= BAGHDAD: President Saddam Hussein's powerful elder son Uday has urged his father's regime to prepare the Iraqi population for war. This comes as US weapons makers have doubled the production rate of laser-guided bombs and boosted production at an ammunition factory to its highest level in 15 years. As the Iraqi Parliament pledged its full support for Saddam and his steps to defend the country, Uday recalled the Gulf War. "The Iraqi population must be ... prepared on the psychological, military and national levels to oppose any enemy attack and support the burden of the war that risks being more ferocious than that of 1991." In a document presented to Parliament at a special session to discuss the threat of US attack, Uday, himself an MP, called for "strict security measures and the satisfaction of the basic needs of citizens" to avoid a repeat of the "treacherous acts" which Iraq witnessed during the Gulf War. Foreign Minister Naji Sabri also later went on Iraqi television to warn Baghdad would defend itself against any US attack, and appealed to other Arab countries to show their solidarity. "We will cut off the head of whomever lays their hands on the borders of Iraq," Mr Sabri said. US President George W. Bush has renewed a pledge to use "all tools" to oust Saddam, whom Washington accuses of developing weapons of mass destruction. The prospect of US military action heightened after talks between Baghdad and the UN on the return of UN weapons inspectors to Iraq broke down. (C) 2002 Advertiser Newspapers Limited. _______________________________________ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
