Did U.S. Strike Deal with Republican Guard Commander?
The French newspaper Le Monde reports that the U.S. struck a deal with Maher Sufyan, the Commander of the Republican Guard, and gave him his freedom.
The commander of Republican Guard troops defending Baghdad struck a deal with US forces not to fight in exchange for his freedom, it was claimed yesterday. The French newspaper Le Monde said the commander, Maher Sufyan, reached an agreement with US forces in which he ordered his soldiers to surrender in exchange for his transfer by helicopter to an undisclosed safe haven.Reportedly, a U.S. helicopter took Sufyan to an undisclosed location after he got his troops to lay down their arms.
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