Skip to comments.
Top Saudi Minister Urges Saddam to Quit
Reuters ^
| Mar 31, 2003
| Staff
Posted on 03/31/2003 8:24:26 PM PST by Diddley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, said on Monday that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein should make a war-ending "sacrifice" by stepping aside. "Since he has ... asked his people to sacrifice for the country ... he should be the first to sacrifice for his country," Prince Saud told ABC News in an interview.
"If his staying in power (is) the only thing that brings problems to his country, we expect that he would respond to a sacrifice for his country, as he requires any citizen there to ... sacrifice for his country." He made the comments to correspondent Barbara Walters who asked him whether the Iraqi leader had to be removed from power.
Prince Saud, whose country strongly opposes the war even though it is a key U.S. ally, repeated earlier calls for a halt to the fighting to make room for more diplomacy. "This war can only lead to strife, to bloodshed and to increased hatred, and increased ... anxieties in the region," he said. "Perhaps this is a good time to stop, take a breath, and allow for diplomacy to work." The United States, he added, "has to do some reckoning internally for the advice that it has had."
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: decapitation; hussein; iraqifreedom; saddam; saudalfaisal; saudiarabia; saudiminister
Hey, Saddam. Even your "friends" are asking you to quit.
1
posted on
03/31/2003 8:24:26 PM PST
by
Diddley
To: Diddley
Saddam Hussein is still dead.
2
posted on
03/31/2003 8:25:27 PM PST
by
Spruce
To: Diddley
Hard for a dead man to announce he's quitting.
3
posted on
03/31/2003 8:25:38 PM PST
by
thoughtomator
(No crowding! Everybody will get their turn!)
To: thoughtomator
May some of his friends in Saudi assume dirt temperature.
To: Diddley
Saud better call John Edward to deliver the message.
5
posted on
03/31/2003 8:27:22 PM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
("Read Hillary's hips. I never had sex with that woman.")
To: Diddley
Yeah, quit playing dead, Saddie!
6
posted on
03/31/2003 8:27:57 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Subvert the dominant cliche!)
To: Diddley
He's dead, Jim.
7
posted on
03/31/2003 8:39:12 PM PST
by
dc-zoo
To: Diddley
NO Saddam...Don't quit! Don't allow another Baath Party stooge to preserve tyranny so the fat Ibn Saud princes can keep their feifdom. Let's see this thing through so the Hogs of Riyadh will soon be hearing their own huddles masses banging on their front gate.
Operation Infinite Crusade is just beginning.
8
posted on
03/31/2003 8:46:20 PM PST
by
montag813
To: montag813
Don't allow another Baath Party stooge to preserve tyranny so the fat Ibn Saud princes can keep their feifdom.Yeah, Saddam wanting to be the next Nebbikanwhatshisname is really messing with their gig.
;-)
9
posted on
03/31/2003 8:50:22 PM PST
by
StriperSniper
(Frogs are for gigging)
To: dc-zoo; Spruce; thoughtomator; Hillarys Gate Cult; Revolting cat!
He's dead, dead, dead! Edwards can tell them.
10
posted on
03/31/2003 8:53:58 PM PST
by
Diddley
(Those who have the facts present them; those who don't, rail.)
To: montag813
Operation Infinite Crusade is just beginning Let's roll!
11
posted on
03/31/2003 8:54:56 PM PST
by
Diddley
(Those who have the facts present them; those who don't, rail.)
To: Diddley
He's DEAD, Prince!
To: CarmelValleyite
[12]He's DEAD, Prince! I believe he is.
13
posted on
03/31/2003 9:11:51 PM PST
by
Diddley
(Those who have the facts present them; those who don't, rail.)
To: CarmelValleyite
nice try to save your own a**Prince Saud, a regeme change in your country sounds pretty good
14
posted on
03/31/2003 10:49:58 PM PST
by
TREGEN
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson