(Telegraph-UK) Philip Sherwell - Saddam Hussein was personally directing the post-war insurgency inside Iraq, playing a far more active role than previously thought, American intelligence officers have concluded. He is believed to have been issuing regular instructions on targets and tactics through five trusted lieutenants. American officials have made clear that he will lose his rights as a prisoner of war if he was involved in the post-war violence. U.S. investigators believe that Saddam was at the head of an elaborate network of rebel cells.
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