Western intelligence sources said the CIA and Britain's MI6 have determined that Qusay Hussein was not seriously injured in the U.S. air and missile strike on early Thursday on a presidential facility on the outskirts of Baghdad. Previously, intelligence sources assessed that Qusay was seriously injured and might have been incapacitated.

But the latest assessment is that Qusay has returned to full duties. The Western sources said Qusay is believed to have formed an alternative command and control center west of Baghdad in case Saddam dies in a U.S. strike.

In a taped and heavily edited appearance, Saddam on Monday urged Iraqi forces to continue to fight the U.S. and British military. For the first time, the Iraqi president reviewed and praised specific combat units that battled allied forces over the last three days.

Those units included the 51st Division, which at first was reported to have surrendered to U.S. forces. On Sunday, the Iraqi division commander denied that he had surrendered.

Unlike his first appearance since the start of the war on Thursday, Saddam did not wear his glasses as he read his speech. He also appeared more relaxed than his first televised address. Only the head and shoulders of Saddam were shown in his latest television appearance.

"We have reports saying that the American attack on Radwanieh in Baghdad on Thursday came during an intelligence meeting headed by Qusay and in the presence of Iraqi vice presidents Taha Yassin Ramadan and Izzat Ibrahim Al Douri," Mohammed Hariri, a representative of the Iranian-backed the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, said.

Saddam was said to have been in the building during the U.S. attack. But Western intelligence agencies have concluded that the president survived the attack.

Senior Pentagon officials said U.S. Special Operations Forces are in control of the H-2 and H-3 areas of western Iraq. The two areas, located near the Jordanian border, were used for missile strikes against Israel in the 1991 Gulf war.

"I know what it was like when those Scuds were landing and I know where they came from," Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said. "The United States now controls the area that those came from."

Officials said the Iraqi diplomats were accused of espionage on British and U.S. installations and military presence. But Arab diplomatic sources said the Hashemite kingdom was under strong U.S. pressure to expel Iraqis. The sources said Washington also asked Egypt and Yemen to expel Iraqi diplomats. Both countries refused.

Kuwaiti officials said PAC-2 batteries operated by the military fired interceptors and destroyed an incoming Iraqi missile. They said the missile had targeted the Al Salem air force base in northern Kuwait on Friday.

"A total of three Patriots were fired by Kuwaiti air defense batteries to intercept and destroy the incoming Iraqi missile," Kuwaiti military spokeman Col. Yusef Al Mulla said.

Iraq said two such helicopters were destroyed in a battle on Monday about 80 kilometers south of Baghdad. Iraqi officials said some members of the crew have been taken captive.