On US preparations to topple Saddam Hussein
Iraq-USA, Politics, 2/15/2002

The Kuwaiti daily al-Seyassah issued on Wednesday received information which stated that the US administration has prepared the Iraqi retired Maj. Gen. Najib al-Salehi for the presidency of an Iraqi provisional government after toppling Iraq current president Saddam Hussein.

The paper quoted diplomatic sources in Amman as saying that al-Salehi left recently for the US in a work visit during which he will be meeting with high ranking American officials at the White House and the CIA director George Tenet with the aim of briefing him with the details of the American project to topple Saddam Hussein and his role in the presidency of the provisional government in his being the strongest candidate to play the role of Hameed Karazai in Iraq within the framework of preparations to prepare the region and the world for a large - scale military operation to topple the Iraqi regime.

These sources said that the American plan to topple Saddam states that the American air military operation to be coincided with a creep for the Iraqi opposition forces from the north and the south towards the capital Baghdad and to establish a provisional government to be chaired by al-Salehi, at the consent of the coalition of the Iraqi opposition, and on top of them is Lt. Gen. Nizar al-Khazraji.

The sources said that the Bush administration intends to bring Saddam Hussein, if he will be arrested alive, to the war crimes court.

The sources explained that Washington asked the Arab leaders who will be meeting at Beirut's summit to adopt a decision recognizing Israel and maintain relations with it for its pullout until June 4, 1967 border lines and to closing the Iraqi file.

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