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US cannot take Baghdad until next week: Egyptian former army chief
A former chief of the Egyptian Army, Sa'ad Eldin Shazli, predicted on Wednesday that the US-led coalition would not be able to reach Baghdad at least until next week. Speaking to the Qatari-based TV channel Al-Jazeera, he said that US and British forces could reach the outskirts of Baghdad in the next two days but that it is too soon for them to be able to launch a military attack on the Iraqi capital. If we intend to... We could just sit there, shut off the lights and water and wait... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-03-26 |
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