Iran continues to raise secret deal
claim
Tehran |By Mohsen Asgary | 14-04-2003
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An Iranian
news agency close to top conservative military figures
attributed the fall of Baghdad to a secret tripartite
agreement between Saddam Hussain, Russia and the
U.S.
According to the Baztab agency, 13 days after the
start of the war, Saddam and Russian intelligence allegedly
pledged to hand over Baghdad with minimal resistance to allied
forces provided they spared the lives of Saddam and a hundred
of his close relatives.
The U.S., for its part,
promised to safely send Saddam and his entourage to a third
country.
Baztab added that Mohammed Saeed Al Sahaf,
Iraqi Information Minister, was instructed to stay in Baghdad
until the very last moments to lend the impression that
everything in Saddam's camp was under control.
The
agency also claimed that Russia gained $5 billion to
orchestrate this agreement.
Iran's state TV, which is
under the supervision of the supreme leader, also attributed
the fall of Baghdad to a secret deal between coalition forces
and the deposed Iraqi president. It aired the fall of Baghdad
without showing scenes of Iraqis dancing in the
streets.
Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, said
there are serious questions surrounding Saddam's
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