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Mon 04 Apr 2003Iraqi TV shows Saddam chairing meetingPresident Saddam Hussein chaired a meeting of top military brass today including his son Qussay, head of the Republican Guard, state-run television said, showing pictures.Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan was also present at the meeting, footage of which was broadcast as US troops battled with Iraqi forces in Saddam's main presidential compound in central Baghdad.