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  • Adib Shaaban, the right hand of Saddam Hussein's powerful son Uday, has defected.

    02/14/2003 8:21:44 AM PST · by formerlytempaussie · 20 replies · 137+ views
    Debka ^ | 2/14/03
    DEBKA-Net-Weekly reports exclusively that this key member of Saddam Hussein's administration, who was charged with his son's most sensitive missions, traveled to Jeddah at the beginning of this week, saying he needed to put through some gold transactions ahead of the war. From Jeddah, he flew to Beirut and disappeared. US intelligence sources report that Shaaban never really went to Beirut. He made his way under cover to Damascus Monday and was picked up by an unmarked plane for an unknown destination. As Uday's closest aide, he also managed a chain of official publications, including the authoritative Babel, and was...