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>From http://www.middleeastwire.com:8080/storypage.jsp?id=12534
>>>Well, W and Toony turned down Omar's challenge of AKs at 100 whatevers;
now we'll see what the second round will bring<<<
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Fri Jun 21 04:05:33 EDT 2002
Saddam gives security, Baath party power to kill opponents
Publisher: Iraq Press (London)
By:
Posted: 2002-06-20
Sulaimaniya - President Saddam Hussein has ordered his security services and
members of his ruling Baath party to shoot and kill anyone suspected of planning
"hostile action" against his government.
Most party members, who according to official statistics number about one million,
carry guns and mount armed patrols in residential neighborhoods throughout the
country.
But their loyalty is not certain as many of them pointed their guns at Saddam's
troops during uprisings that took place shortly after the 1991 Gulf War over Kuwait.
A source refusing to be named told Iraq Press that Saddam's order was issued
recently and has been conveyed to the security services and party branches across
the country.
He said Saddam has taken all the precautionary measures to prevent a repetition of
the post-Gulf War uprising, which saw the collapse of his administration in 14 out of
Iraq's 18 provinces.
Saddam has been holding regular meetings with his Baath party leaders, army
commanders and intelligence and security officers on how to preserve his grip on
power if the United States mounts a military attack to change his regime.
"Shoot and kill at random once you sense the slightest smell of dissent," the source
said of the latest instructions.
Saddam has also pledged to protect army, security or party personnel killing
dissenters from prosecution. The source said Iraqi courts are under instructions to
overlook such incidents.
The instructions come at a time Saddam has substantially increased his bonuses to
associates. Travelers say Saddam has recently given huge amounts of money, cars
and plots of land to senior officers in the armed forces and the Baath party.
© 2002 [Iraq Press (London)].
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