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Uday tells bush to leave { March 18 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-iraq-saddam.html http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-iraq-saddam.html March 18, 2003 Iraq TV: Saddam Rejects Bush's Ultimatum By REUTERS Filed at 8:39 a.m. ET BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein rejected a U.S. ultimatum on Tuesday to go into exile or face war, and Iraqi television said the country was ready to repel any invaders. Saddam was shown on television making a rare appearance in military uniform, chairing a meeting of his cabinet after President Bush issued the 48-hour ultimatum on Monday in Washington. ``The meeting stressed that Iraq and all its sons were fully ready to confront the invading aggressors and repel them,'' Iraqi television said, reading a statement released after the cabinet meeting. ``Iraq does not choose its path on the orders of a foreigner and does not choose its leaders according to decrees from Washington, London or Tel Aviv, but through the will of the great Iraqi people,'' the statement added. White House officials said the deadline for Saddam's exile would expire at 4:15 a.m. Iraqi time on Thursday. Bush says Saddam is hiding weapons of mass destruction, a charge rejected by Baghdad. Earlier, Saddam's eldest son Uday also rejected the ultimatum for Iraqi leaders to go into exile or face war. ``The proposal ... comes from a person who is not completely capable or fit,'' Uday said in remarks issued by his office. ``The proposal should be that Bush leaves office in America, he and his family,'' Uday said. Bush also directed his exile ultimatum at Saddam's two powerful sons Uday and Qusay. ``The wives and mothers of those Americans who will fight us will weep blood, not tears,'' Uday said. ``They should not imagine that they will have a safe spot inside the land of Iraq or outside it.'' The United States and Britain have some 280,000 troops massed around the Gulf and American commanders say they are ready to strike whenever Bush gives the order. Uday, 39, is chairman of the Iraqi Journalists' Union, owns Iraq's most influential newspaper Babel and runs the popular Shebab television channel. Copyright 2003 Reuters Ltd. | Privacy Policy

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