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Saudi Arabia wants US to arm Iraqi opposition
NEW YORK. Jan 19: Saudi Arabia i* pressuring the Bush administration to aecretly arm and give Intelligence to Iraqi opposition forces ao they can work to overthrow Saddam Hussein, a newspaper reported Sunday , say. AP
Another major allied air campaign against Iraq — and possibly sending American ground troops back into the region — would be required to complete Hussein's ouster. The New York Time* said The United State* and It* allies defeated Iraq tn the Ouk war a ywogt
The Saudis want the United Stair, to give arms and IntrIU fence to Kurdish rebel* In north Iraq. Shi ite Muslim fighter* tn the south and Sunni Muslim opposition forces In central Iraq, the Time* said quoting US and allied official* ft didn’t name
The goal would be for the opposition to draw out and di vlde Huaaein * remaining Republican Guards, the highly trained unite protecting his strongholds around Baghdad, then subject them to allied air attacks, the newspaper re ported
Iraq's air force has been grounded since the end of the Gulf war. and military officiate believe that destroying Hussein's remaining tank divisions and helicopter fleet would lead to his final defeat the Times said
There has to be a combination of a major covert operations and a major air operation and then have the rest to the Iraqi people." a senior allted official who has been discussing the proposal with Bush aide* was quoted aa saying
The Times sold that some of the sources who reported on the Saudi backed plan did so in the hope that the report would instill confidence In the Iraqi opposition: others hoped that public knowledge of the proposals would spur an outcry or a congressional response
Hussein a ability to stay In power despite his defeat In the Gulf war threatens to become a political liability for President Bush as he seeks re-election this year
The antl-Saddam planning tn the United States Is being coordinated by officials from the Defence and State Departments the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, the Times said
Senior American and Saudi official* reportedly have die cussed military and eovert operation actions over the past 10 days, but It wasn’t clear whether Britain and France had been consulted
On Thursday, the first anniversary of the Gulf war e •tart. Bush praised "the efforts of thousands of brave Iraqi* who are realatlng Saddam rule An administration official told the Time* that Buah’a statement was part of a deliberate American effort to nur ture and develop and Iraqi resistance
The officials who spoke to the Time* said no decision* on covert action have been made and no hat of options had been presented to Bush