Posted on 03/27/2003 7:46:44 AM PST by Happy2BMe
President Bush, during an address to the nation on March 17, gave a 48 hour deadline to
Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq or else the United States and its coalition allies will
initiate a military action against the Iraqi regime. The deadline for Hussein to enter exile
would be 8:00 PM EST on March 19, by this time nearly all of the final preparations would be completed.
Military operations against Iraq began at around 9:30 PM EST on March 19.
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