The Iraqi delegation, led by Izzat Ibrahim, the vice-chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, had other reasons to feel discomfited.

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In Iraq, all major decisions went through Saddam Hussein who from 1979 was president, head of the Revolutionary Command Council and secretary general of the Baath party.

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An American senior coalition official said the move effectively disbands the Army, the Republican Guard and the Revolutionary Command Council, among others, and cancels any military or other ranks conferred by the previous regime.

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