Saddam orders agents to assassinate Iraqi opposition leaders

According to highly classified information received by British and
American intelligence officials in the past week, Saddam has issued a
presidential decree authorising the murder of leading members of the
Iraqi opposition "by any means necessary".

He is also said to have approached the Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi
- who is known to have a network of "sleeper" agents based in Britain
and Europe - to help him to target Iraqi dissidents.

Iraqi opposition groups are currently engaged in detailed negotiations
over what form a new government will take should Saddam be overthrown. A
conference of all the Iraqi groups is planned for Brussels later this
month. (Sunday Telegraph)