- The mystery of what happened to the Iraqi Republican
Guard defending Baghdad appears to have been solved if a
report in today's Le Monde is to be believed.
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- The French daily reports that Maher Sufyan, Commander
of the Republican Guard reached an agreement with American forces in which
he ordered his forces to surrender in exchange for his transfer via an
American Apache helicopter to an undisclosed safe haven.
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- Quoting anonymous sources, Le Mondeâs correspondent
in Baghdad said that Sufyan ordered all Republican Guard forces to lay
down their arms and go home. Shortly thereafter an Apache helicopter escorted
Sufyan from the Al Rashid camp, east of Baghdad, to an unknown location.
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- Maher Sufyan is not included on the infamous ãdeck
of cardsä created by US defence officials to highlight the most wanted
individuals from the Saddam Hussein government. Iraqâs popular Information
Minister, Mohammed Saeed Al Sahaf, Naji Sabri, Iraqâs Foreign Minister
and Medhat Oumid, the Minister of Health are also not included on the list.
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- http://english.aljazeera.net/topics/article.asp?cu_no=1&item
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