Article: Saddam takes tough line. (Iraq President Saddam Hussein replaces Saadoun Hammadi as secretary general of the Baath Party)

IRAQ

Saddam takes tough line

The regime of President Saddam Hussain is once more in open conflict with Western powers, as the US prepared to deploy air force units in Saudi Arabia to back up demands for Baghdad to co-operate with UN inspection teams (see Regional Focus). The rise in tensions follows changes in domestic politics, in particular the removal of Saadoun Hammadi the man appointed prime minister after the war for Kuwait and a politician regarded as favouring reconciliation with the outside world.

Hammadi was sacked on 13 September. On the surface, he paid the price for what President Saddam Hussain described on 16 September as the ...

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