NP - War Update (Unconfirmed)

[Richard Romeo]

the idea that the Kurds would protect Aziz is beyond
laughable--
saddam's henchmen are almost as hated as the turks by
them

rich

--- David Morris <fqmorris at yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.debka.com/
> 
> IST 16:30 
> 
> DEBKAfile Exclusive: Tareq Aziz, Taha Ramadan defect
> 
> 
> According to an exclusive report reaching DEBKAfile
> from its military and
> intelligence sources, top members of the Saddam
> Hussein regime have begun to
> desert him. Sources in Kurdistan report that deputy
> prime minister Tareq Aziz
> visited Turkey and instead of returning to Baghdad
> headed into Kurdistan and
> went into hiding under Kurdish protection. He is
> said to be under interrogation
> by American intelligence officers. Vice President
> Taha Yassin Ramadan has not
> been seen in Baghdad for three days and may too have
> fled the country. 
> 
> Both men were elevated to their positions in 1991
> after long service to Saddam
> Hussein as his most trusted lieutenants. 
> 
> From northern Iraq we hear that hundreds of Iraqi
> soldiers and officers are
> streaming to the Turkoman town of Tozkhurmato,
> discarding their weapons outside
> the town and turning themselves in. 
> 
> From the warfront we hear that the Marine column
> crossing the demilitarized
> line from Kuwait is moving toward Nassariyah in
> southern Iraq, its objective
> being to cross the Euphrates and reach Baghdad in
> two or three days. 
> 
> 
> 
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