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Saddam faces danger

Iraqi troops join rebels
NICOSIA. Mar 8 : Nearly the entire Iraqi army and some unit* of the elite Republican Guard have Joined Insurgent forces in the country, a senior member of Syria s ruling party claimed Thursday In Damas cus. reports AFP
An Iraqi army division has rallied to the ranks of the fighters tn Kurdistan to sup C Kurds In northern Iraq ting for an independent homeland said Fadel al Ansari a member of the Baath Party charged with Iraqi affairs, adding that almost the entire army has Joined the revolution.
Units of the Republican Guard. right arm of the regime. have done the same, he said during a news confer ence organised by the Iraqi opposition based in Syria He charged that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his loyal ists will resort to using chemical weapons to crush the popular uprising.
Elsewhere In Damascus. Abu Bilal al-Adlb. member of the Al Daawa Islamic Movements. Political Bureau said that mustard gas has already been used by the Republican Guard against the Shiite Mus 11m revolutionaries tn Basra. Iraq s southern port city
He said that the situation In Basra is worrisome and a dtvl sion of the Republican Guard positioned In Zubeir not far from the allied forces, is preparing to attack that city
A spokesman for the leader of the Teheran-based Supreme Assembly of the Islamic Revolution tn Iraq (Sai ri). Moham mad I lag her Haktm, meanwhile told Agency France Prcase there was no obstacle to a military operation by America or another govern ment to overthrow the regime of Saddam Hussein
But Ayatollah Hakim said such an operation should not take the form of meddling in Iraq's internal affairs
In another development, the religious leader decreed a general amnesty for all soldiers and civilians sentenced for political and common law crimes, provided they joined the ranks of the insurgents tn Iraq.
A Shiite Iraqi opposition group meanwhile called on the I .e ban esc to back by all means the uprising against Mr. Hussein. AP from Washington adds Iraqi President Saddam Hus sein faces a more serious threat to his rule from his own inner circle than from Shiite Muslims In the south and Kurdish rebels tn the north, according to US Intelligence assessments
In fact, the open rebellion from separatist groups tn Iraq may be strengthening Sad dam s grip on power — at least In the short term, according to the analysts
There’s going to be unrest, but he probably has the forces on the ground that have enough loyalty to crush any uprising.' said Congressman Dave McCurdy, chairman of the Intelligence Committee of the lower house of Congress.
"He needs to be more concerned about the men In uni form closest to him." McCurdy said 1n an Interview. "It's OK to have I Ik- Republican Guard en circle you. But you want to know whether the guns arc pointing in or pointing out.'
Other government sources said US Intelligence agencies have picked up fragments of hard evidence that there is serious discontent among some of Saddam's closest political and military allies.
There are elements in the Republican Guard. Saddam s favoured military group, and within the leadership of his Baath party who now say they regret having allowed him to lead the country into a ruinous war against the United States and its allies, the evidence Is satai to show
AFP from London says The Iraqi military engaged In crushing a revolt in Iraqi cities has asked the Iraqi leadership for authorisation to use chemi cal weapons members of the main Iraqi opposition coalition said here Thursday
Mowaffak a) Rubai. a spokesman for the coalition known as the Iraqi Joint Action Committee told a news conference that a colonel who defected from the elite Rcpub lican Guard Informed Iraqi rebels that the army had made such a request.
Mr Rubai added that the Iraqi opposition, which has Information relayed here from bored posts had "Intercepted a message" to Baghdad from the military in the field with the same request
Delegates from the five groups forming the coalition said British Foreign Office Minister Douglas Hogg, al a meeting earlier Thursday, agreed to their request to seek a UN Security Council resolution to protect the Iraqi pen pie from the possible use of chemical weapons
A Foreign Office spokesman said Mr Hogg had made no such undertaking, but Britain would view with grave concern any use of ehebilcal weapons by the Iraqi leadership.
AP from Damascus adds : Iraqi opposition leaders said Thursday that their 17-group movement was united in its campaign to topple Saddam hossien