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| Russian plan to topple Saddam Hussein to prevent US occupation of Iraq |
| 2002-11-27 |
| This old story is in the news again. The Paris- based al-Watan al-Arabi magazine said, according to well-informed sources, that the military and intelligence leadership in Moscow had prepared a plan to topple the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein by a military coupe or an assassination operation in order to protect the Russian interests in Iraq and the region and to block plans of an American occupation of Iraq. In its recent issue, the magazine said that the higher Russian leadership decided to pursue a new strategy that stems from the fact that Washington will topple Saddam Hussein, but the Russian interest require a plan that achieves this objective without leading to Russia losing of its historical influence and economic interests in Iraq. Thought Bush and Putin had done a deal on that. A well- informed source stressed that the said plan was held in top secrecy and full seriousness and on the ground that the plan of the military coupe has no relation to the military coupe plans previously prepared by the CIA; A plan which is based on an experience of years of military and intelligence cooperation between Baghdad and Moscow and tons of the archive of the Russian intelligence. Now, I don't believe this story. However, if I was a member of Saddam's staff and I had any former contacts with any Russian, I'd be a little nervous about now. And maybe that is the reason for that little story. Blah,ha,ha,ha,ha. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 A military coupe? This must be the long-awaited '69 Chevy Camaro with integral TOW launchers. Sorry. |
| Posted by: David Gillies 2002-11-27 17:20:47 |