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Why not kill Saddam and spare Iraq?

Rod Liddle reveals that in some military quarters there is plenty of enthusiasm for assassinating the Iraqi leader, and reports on some of the methods that might be employed

issue 04 January 2003

There’s something terribly primitive about bombing the hell out of a country simply to get rid of one man (and, perhaps, his small ragbag assortment of grinning, psychopathic sons, obsequious flunkeys and hired assassins).

This is what we’re about to do to Iraq, if I’m not mistaken about the utter futility of this business with the weapons inspectors.

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