Iraqi officers pay dear for West's coup fiasco

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Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of up to 80 army officers and the arrest of hundreds of others following a failed attempted by MI6 and the CIA to organize a military coup to remove him from power in 1996. The coup was to be undertaken by the Iraqi National Accord through Amman, Jordan. The plans had to be abandoned when Dr Iyad Mohammed Alawi, leader of the Iraqi National Accord, began to broadcast his plans. It also became clear that the Iraqi National Accord had been extensively infiltrated by Iraqi security agents.

International Affairs, Intnl Political Relations, Political activity, International relations, Hussein, Saddam

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CIA blamed for Saddam's survival

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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been supporting unsuccessful attempts to spark off military coups in Baghdad, Iraq, rather than backing revolutionary or guerrilla movements, according to Richard Perle, a former assistant defence secretary. He has been particularly critical of Steve Richter, chief of the Middle East division of the CIA's directorate of operations. He has called for a select committee of Congress to investigate the activities of the CIA and other government bodies in the Middle East.

National Security, Central Intelligence Agency, Management, United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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Campaign of mutilation terrorises Iraqis

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Many people who have broken the law in Iraq are being punished with the removal of their hands and ears and the placing of an X-brand on their forehead with a hot iron. It is thought that several thousand people have been mutilated over recent months, and details of amputations are being shown on television to maximise the impact on ordinary people. Doctors who are refusing to take part in the policy have been fleeing the country.

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