Saddam, wearing military attire, appeared at ease in a small room, whose location was not specified.

Besides Uday, who heads the Saddam Fedayeen volunteer paramilitary force, and Qussay, leader of the elite Republican Guard, the meeting included Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, Defense Minister Sultan Hashem Ahmad and Latif Nuseif Jasem, a member of the ruling Baath party's leadership.

The television said the meeting was also attended by "a number of military commanders" but did not give details of the discussions.

The broadcast followed a televised address Friday by Saddam and rare images of the security-obsessed Iraqi leader touring his capital, which has been battered by two weeks of US-led air strikes.

Saddam was seen in Friday's broadcast being mobbed by well-wishers, who kissed his hand and chanted for his victory over the US-led coalition which has vowed to topple his regime.

The broadcasts come after US forces announced Friday they had captured Saddam International Airport on the western outskirts of the capital and stripped it of the Iraqi leader's name. Iraq has denied the airport's fall.

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