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Article: Saddam Rejects Bush's Demand to Flee Iraq.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- March 19, 2003
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Knight Ridder Washington Bureau Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 19--KUWAIT -- Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein -- defiant and dressed for battle -- Tuesday rejected President Bush's demand that he flee into exile. The White House called it Saddam's "final mistake."
The 48-hour deadline imposed by the United States arrives at 8 p.m. EST Wednesday. War could explode at any moment after that -- or sooner if Saddam is caught preparing to use nerve gas or seems ready to destroy dams or oil fields.
A U.S.-led invasion force of 300,000 troops awaits the order to attack.
"It's a good thing we're going to do," Lt. Gen. William S. ...