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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (63772)12/30/2002 11:56:12 PM
From: Karen Lawrence  Respond to of 281500
 
Yes, I am serious.



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (63772)12/31/2002 12:08:14 AM
From: Rollcast...  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Assad carries last Bush ultimatum to Saddam

Extract: For full article, please visit Debka.com (I know, I know).

DEBKAfile’s intelligence and military sources report that Saturday, December 21 - or Sunday, December 22 - directly after his visit to London, Syrian president Bashar Assad traveled again – this time to a secret rendezvous with Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein in Baghdad.

He brought with him President George W. Bush’s final ultimatum to the Iraqi ruler, delivered into his hands by British premier Tony Blair.

According to sources familiar with this latest gambit, the Bush ultimatum consists of nine main points:

A. Saddam is given a last chance to voluntarily give up his weapons of mass destruction and avert a military showdown with the United States.

B. He must deliver a full, factual and public account of the nuclear, chemical and biological weapons in his possession, together with a solemn undertaking to hand the forbidden arms over to the UN arms inspectors within two weeks, that is by mid-January 2003.

C. In return, the United States promises to suspend military preparations for war...