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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:03 pm Post subject: UAE Claims it offered to house Saddam prior to War |
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The UAE gov't is claiming it offered to let Saddam flee to the country prior to the US invasion. Supposedly the Arab League didn't bring it up and the deal fell threw.
yahoo news story
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -
Saddam Hussein accepted an 11th-hour offer to flee into exile weeks ahead of the U.S.-led 2003 invasion, but Arab League officials scuttled the proposal, officials in this Gulf state claimed.
The exile initiative was spearheaded by the late president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, at an emergency Arab summit held in Egypt in February 2003, Sheik Zayed's son said in an interview aired by Al-Arabiya TV during a documentary. The U.S.-led coalition invaded on March 19 that year. |
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