Article: SADDAM IS EASY PREY; Troops are weary of war, says general.(News)

Byline: CHRIS HUGHES

A EXILED Iraqi general claimed last night that his country's war-weary army would "fold immediately" under US attack, allowing Saddam Hussein to be toppled easily.

Major-General Najib al-Salhi, a defector who headed a Republican Guard division, said: "Morale is at a disastrous level and the troops are sick of continuous war.''

He also claimed that Iraq no longer had the capability to produce ...

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