Saudi Arabia proposes Saddam exile
RIYADH (Reuters) - Key U.S. ally Saudi Arabia has officially proposed for the first time that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein should go into exile as a last-ditch effort to avert war, a Saudi diplomatic source says.
"The kingdom, and other parties, are exerting maximum effort to prevent a devastating war and they have proposed the idea of exile for Saddam and securing a safe haven for him and his family," the source told Reuters.
U.S. President George W. Bush has said that Saddam and his two sons must leave Iraq by early Thursday Baghdad time or face invasion by some 280,000 U.S. and British forces massed in the Gulf.
SAUDI ARABIA IN SADDAM EXILE BID Saudi Arabia has officially proposed that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein should go into exile in a last-ditch effort to avert war. "The kingdom, and other parties, are exerting maximum effort to prevent a devastating war and they have proposed the idea of exile for Saddam and securing a safe haven for him and his family," a source said. US President George W Bush has said that Saddam and his two sons must leave Iraq by early Thursday Baghdad time or face invasion by some 280,000 US and British forces massed in the Gulf. More follows... |
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