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| US and Britain give Saddam just 48 hours to leave Iraq |
| 2003-02-08 |
| Britain and America are drawing up plans to give Saddam Hussein as little as 48 hours to flee Baghdad or face war, if UN weapons inspectors report this week that the Iraqi dictator is still refusing to disarm fully. "Get out, or we'll throw you out..." The proposals will form the framework of a long-awaited second resolution, which could be put before the Security Council by next weekend. The deadline would be just long enough for Arab neighbours to make a last effort to persuade Saddam to leave the country, according to US officials, or for a coup to take place. The shortest timeframe to emerge from private diplomatic discussions has been two days. The phrasing of the new, deliberately concise UN resolution would deny Saddam a fresh chance to say that he will comply with Security Council demands. Britain will put forward the resolution because Washington "does not want to be seen to need it", according to a senior Security Council diplomat. Anybody care if we don't get a second resolution? Didn't think so... Oh, sorry Jean-Pierre and Fritz. Didn't see you there in the back of the blog. Foreign Office officials confirmed that Saudi Arabia has offered to take Saddam if he goes into exile. Last month Donald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary, said he would be "delighted" if Saddam fled Iraq. Idi could probably put him up for awhile, until he found a place of his own. (Bad phrasing... I'm thinking condo on the beach, he's thinking Kuwait.) |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 Good eye. I read right over it... |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-02-08 21:11:34 |
| #1 I linked to the same article above. I saw something different in its body... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-02-08 21:04:41 |