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| U.S. expects inner circle to oust Sammy? |
| 2002-10-07 |
| US intelligence experts believe that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will be ousted by members of his inner circle before US forces launch a major ground attack, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Faced with a US military assault and the choice of either being Saddamâs successors or being imprisoned or killed in the fighting, top-ranking military officers or senior Iraqi officials likely will try to eliminate the Iraqi leader. âSomeone will take action and cause it to happen,â said one former high-ranking CIA officer. Senior US officials, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, have recently spoken publicly about Iraqis eliminating Hussein themselves, either through assassination or by sending him into exile. If they had something in the works, they wouldn't be going close to the subject for fear of blowing the operation. This won't result in Sammy saying, "Oh, really? We'll see about that!" and then having as many people around him shot as he can lay hands on â he's perfectly aware that if there was something in the chute no one would be drawing attention to it. But neither can he take the chance. He's got to look over his shoulder constantly, just to make sure the yakking doesn't give some smart boy ideas... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |