(Guardian-UK) - Luke Harding A recent defector from Iraq's conscript army says morale was very low both among his fellow conscripts and among civilians, and "the officers beat us." What would have happened if he had been caught trying to run away? "I would have been executed." The Republican Guard will support and defend Saddam, while "the ordinary soldiers and many of the commanders will surrender," he said, adding "if George Bush wants to give us freedom then we will welcome it."
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