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Article: Fed: Australian defence heads don't know if Saddam is alive
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- AAP General News (Australia)
- Article date:
- April 4, 2003
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Fed: Australian defence heads don't know if Saddam is alive
CANBERRA, April 4 AAP - Australian defence chiefs said today they
did not know whether
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was dead or alive but it didn't matter
because his regime
was still in control.
Royal Australian Air Force Chief Angus Houston said he honestly
did not know whether
the Iraqi leader was still alive but suspected he probably was.
"The regime continues to function, so presumably he's still at
the helm," he told ABC radio.
"But I couldn't answer that question."
Australian Defence Force spokesman Brigadier Mike Hannan said the
fact the Iraqi regime
was still in ...