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Sammy cancels visit by envoy on asylum...
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has shelved a tentative effort to explore an Arab proposal to arrange for his exile. Arab diplomatic sources said Saddam has cancelled plans to send an envoy to Egypt to discuss the proposal. The sources said the Iraqi president ordered a halt to efforts to explore the prospect of asylum amid a U.S. threat to arrest the envoy on charges of war crimes. Saddam's envoy, Ali Hassan Majid, was to have arrived in Cairo on Saturday. Majid was expected to have relayed a message from Saddam to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak concerning what diplomatic sources termed "personal issues." On Tuesday, Saddam informed Egypt that Majid would not be arriving in Cairo, the sources said. No new date was set. If the U.S. is serious about scaring Sammy out of office, they'll let Ali Hassan make his pitch to Mubarak. It looks like the exile option is a sop to the Soddies and Syrians... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-01-20 |
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