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Saddam preparing for final showdown in desert fortress: report
Published:  Apr 15, 2003 4:24 AM
Updated: Jan 29, 2008 10:21 AM

Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and his generals are hiding in a desert fortress about 100 kilometers from his hometown Tikrit, preparing for a final bloody showdown, said a British daily today.

The Sun

said that Saddam has now turned Al Hawijah into his last stronghold.

"Kurdish police were massacred when they ventured into the village a day after he arrived. Survivors said the area was now overrun with foreign Arabs loyal to Saddam," added the report.


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