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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 26 > Iraq resisting pleas by U.S. to placate Saddam’s party

Iraq resisting pleas by U.S. to placate Saddam’s party

By Sam Dagher / The Bulletin
April 26, 2009

BAGHDAD — In April, American and British officials from a secretive unit called the Force Strategic Engagement Cell flew to Jordan to try to persuade one of Saddam Hussein’s top generals — the commander of the final defense of Baghdad in 2003 — to return....

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