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...quiet exile for Saddam Hussein was back in August, when stories circulated that a member of the Qatari royal family had ventured to Baghdad to see whether there was some way to avert a war by offering Saddam a way out--perhaps a plush retirement in a place like Saudi Arabia, where deposed despot Idi Amin enjoys fishing and playing his accordion. In Arab press accounts, Saddam was said to have angrily sent the envoy packing, and since then both sides have denied that any such overture ever happened. Who, indeed, would dare mention such a fate for the Butcher...
Lots of people, it turns out, as war pressures grow. The Saudis have now taken the initiative in putting together a deal that leaves the door open for Saddam to accept exile but meanwhile is aimed at encouraging his generals to oust him if he doesn't. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has discussed scenarios with Arab and European leaders and last week sat down with President George W. Bush in Washington. Though Bush's aides had already publicly embraced the option, the President for the first time came on board, declaring that should Saddam Hussein "choose...
...wonder this scenario is growing in popularity as the deadline for war approaches. If Saddam were to accept exile, Iraq would be spared the devastation of war and America the risks and blame for it. Saudi Arabia would show the U.S., still aggrieved by the fact that most of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi, how helpful it can be and would demonstrate to its own people its devotion to protecting a fellow Arab state from war. Arab leaders would avoid upheaval in a region where chaos has a way of spreading. The U.N.'s resolve would be rewarded...
...travel to the Russian capital, where he held talks with President Vladimir Putin. Bogota A bomb ripped through a social club in the Colombian capital, killing at least 30 people and raising fears that leftist rebels were fulfilling a pledge to attack the country's élite. Mecca Saudi officials vowed to use "an iron fist" against any terrorists who try to disrupt the hajj, the annual five-day pilgrimage to Islam's holiest city, below...
...said that an Arab position on the Saudi initiative would probably not be agreed until the U.N. Security Council takes its decision. "We [Arab governments] all agree that we have to work for the unity and territorial integrity of Iraq," he said. "We agree Iraq must come clean and show what it has. We all want to do everything that we can to prevent conflict...