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Fri 04 Apr 2003It is impossible to say who is in charge of Iraqi forces, US asserts
The Iraqi Government was losing control of its forces and the ordinary population and it was impossible to say who was in charge any more, a spokesman for US Central Command (Centcom) in the capital of Qatar has claimed. Deaglán de Bréadún, reports from Doha.
"There is increasing evidence that the regime cannot control its forces or the Iraqi population in most of the country," Brig Gen Vincent Brooks told a news conference at Camp As Sayliyah yesterday afternoon.
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