Saddam confounds sceptics

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Saddam's regime is expected to stay; some support him for fear of the Iraqi Shia taking power. The US and Britain are blamed for impoverishment due to sanctions rather than President Saddam's invasion of Kuwait. Iraquis listen to foreign radio stations such as the BBC, Voice of America and Monte Carlo in Arabic. The defence minister Ali Hassan al-Majid is Saddam's cousin, the Interior Minister, Watban is his half-brother, a presidential advisor is Hussein Kamel Hassan and Qusai, Saddam's son is in charge of security and intelligence, so a revolt is highly unlikely. Kurdistan is the only place where the regime was defeated and a 330-mile line edging it is patrolled by 100,000 troops. Saddam still has 2,000 of his 6,000 tanks, but Turkey and Iran have superior armies.

Influence

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The face of Saddam's new terror

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The Iraqi government is undertaking a campaign of mutilation, believing that cutting off the hands and ears of army deserters and other offenders will frighten people into obedience. The government particularly sees deserters and men who are evading call-up orders as a potential political threat, and has shown coverage of amputations on television to bring the message home to ordinary people. Doctors who are refusing to undertake amputations are escaping to Kurdistan and Iran.

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Mutilation that led to attack on Saddam's son

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It is believed that the execution of General Omar Mohammed al-Hazaa on the orders of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in 1990 was the motivation for a serious attack on Uday, the son of Saddam Hussein, in Dec 1996. There are indications that the attack was carried out by a group led by Ra'ad al-Hazaa, the nephew of the executed general. Ra'ad was a member of the ruling elite, and therefore had privileged access to information about Uday's movements.

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