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It appears as if members of the upper echelon of Saddam's government are defecting.
Ayad al-Awi, the head of the opposition Iraqi National Accord, said his group in recent weeks had received senior defectors from the Iraqi security services, which form the regime's nerve centre.
At the same time Kurdish groups said they had received secret approaches from military commanders offering to turn their weapons on Saddam when the war began. They said members of the al-Majid clan, the pillar of Saddam's tribal power base, had made contact to seek assurances about their fate.
Mr al-Awi said the INA, a group formed by former members of the ruling Ba'ath party, had seen a surge of interest from senior members of the regime. "We have been getting approaches for the past two or three months, but the trend is increasing. Those contacting us come from Saddam's inner circle. "Some have defected, while others have been asked to stay to help us from inside. We cannot say much about the defectors at the moment, but some may speak after they have been debriefed. "Things are happening inside the regime that will hopefully mean we can get rid of this evil regime. You can speak of Saddam in the past tense."
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