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Interview with Iraqi opposition leaders in London as tensions mount

(29 Aug 2002) 1. Pan of reception for Iraqi opposition 2. People shaking hands at gathering 3. Opposition leaders shaking hands, then sitting down for talks, on left is Jalal Talabani, General Secretary of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, on right is Sami Abdul Rahman, Deputy Prime Minister of Kurdish Democratic Party administration in Kurdistan 4. Abdul Rahman talking 5. Talabani listening 6. Talabani and Abdul Rahman 7. Leader of the block of former Iraqi army generals who are now part of the Iraqi opposition, Brigadier General Tawfiq Lel Yassiri (in black shirt and grey tie) 8. Man serving drinks 9. Tawfiq Lel Yassiri talking to others 10. Two men who are representatives of Islamic parties that are part of the Iraqi opposition 11. People sat talking 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Jalal Talabani, General Secretary of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan "Iraqi opposition is strong. If you take numbers of fighters which PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) and KDP (Kurdish Democratic Party) and Sciri, Sciri mean Supreme Council of Islamic Revolution, not Syria, if you take all, in consequence you will have more than 120 thousand fighters and those fighters are well-trained and they can liberate the country, if they will be supported by Americans to prevent the attack by chemical or biological weapons." 13. People talking at gathering 14. SOUNDBITE (English and Arabic) Jalal Talabani, General Secretary of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan "We are not worried, this time we think this administration is very serious and I think they are committed to their words and promises." (repeats in Arabic) 15. Pan of Iraqi opposition members talking STORYLINE: A top Iraqi opposition leader said on Thursday the opposition had 120-thousand fighters available for the struggle to overthrow the Iraqi regime. PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) leader Jalal Talabani was speaking in London at a reception for members of various Iraqi opposition movements He also said he thought the Bush administration in the United States was serious about an attack on Iraq. The PUK jointly controls northern Iraq with the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP). KDP deputy leader Sami Abdul Rahman was also at Thursday's gathering. Talabani said that between the KDP and the PUK, and other opposition factions, there were 120 thousand well-trained fighters who would be able to, in his words, 'liberate' the country. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...