Saddam sucessor already chosen by the west
pakistan newspaper | 12.02.2002 13:24
Contacts have been made with the general who enjoys "virtual unanimous support in Kurdish, Shiite and Sunnite circles", the London-based paper reported. However another exile, General Najib al-Salhi, who lives in Jordan, is also seen as a potential "Karzai" for Iraq, said the sources, referring to Hamid Karzai, the leader of the interim Afghan government installed after the United States ousted the Taliban regime.
Al-Salhi "recently went to New York for contacts with the Americans," said Al-Hayat, which is Saudi-owned. Several countries in the Middle East and the West have had consultations with exiled Iraqi officers to prepare for a possible regime change in Baghdad, it added.
The United States has threatened to extend its anti-terror war to Iraq and openly calls for Saddam Hussein's overthrow. However one of the main stumbling blocks is the weakness of Iraq's opposition, which has been silenced within the country and unable to unite into an effective force abroad
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