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Mon Nov 6 -

SADDAM TO LINGER?

What about Closure?

- Adam Boulton writes on his Blog at SkyTV that the death penalty is an uncomfortable issue with PM Blair as well as with the EU and that its execution in Saddam's case may not be a sure bet.

- The BBC's Paul Sykes, a Bagdhad eyewitness, did a walkabout during the curfew when A Man in the Street contended that "Saddam's support will disappear if he dies. It's like a car - if you disconnect the battery, the car can't go."

- There are indications U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad is preparing to leave his post as soon as the end of the year and be replaced by Ryan Crocker, a senior career diplomat who is now ambassador to Pakistan.

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