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Saddam Hussein's death squads are forcing Iraqis to fight by holding their children hostage and threatening them with execution, allied forces said. From the front lines to Capitol Hill, U.S. officials expressed disgust that fanatical paramilitaries would kill their own people before letting them surrender. "We witness the regime's forces becoming more and more desperate in their actions," Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks said at a briefing in Doha, Qatar. "Their repressive acts against Iraqi citizens showing any signs of tolerance of the coalition are growing harsher." Reports of Iraqis being ordered to fight at gunpoint were bolstered by grisly evidence:...