Posted on 03/01/2003 8:43:29 PM PST by HAL9000
PyongYang ready to offer asylum to Saddam, according to a businessman of Macao
An owner of casino of Macao, certain Stanley Ho Hung-sun, transmitted an offer of asylum of the North Korea to Saddam Hussein, reports Sunday South China Morning Post.Ho Hung-sun specified with the daily newspaper that high persons in charge north-Korean had proposed to the head of Iraqi State and with its family a sanctuary perched on a mountain in this State stalinien."Nous must seize all the chances to arrive at peace, in particular if the good news come from the east ", indicates the newspaper quoting Ho Hung-sun."Ils (the senior officials north-Korean), continues Ho, said to me that there was really to avoid the war and that to withdraw two days before the USA and Great Britain undertake their bombardments and to decide for elections démocratiques."Ho Hung-Sun were not able to give other details on the north-Korean offer nor to say if this proposal had been formally addressed to Bagdad.Le newspaper does not specify either why it is Ho, which, in 1999 open a casino close seat of the Communist Party to Pyongyang, which was selected to play the role of messenger in this affaire.Une other offers asylum was made recently by a small city of the south of Italy, Soveria Mannelli. Its mayor, Mario Caliguiri proposed to accomodate Saddam Hussein and his close relations if they agreed to leave in exile to avoid a war with their pays.Locality of 3.500 inhabitants located in a mountainous area of Calabria, in the south of Italy, Soveria Mannelli would ensure greatest quietude the Iraqi president, ensured the municipal official when it officialized this offer the week dernière.Plus recently, the minister émirati of Information Abdallah Ben Zayed Al Nahyane had affirmed Saturday evening that countries like Koweït and Saudi Arabia approved the initiative of its country calling with a departure in exile of the president irakien.Dans a declaration with the press with El-sheik in Egypt, sheik Abdallah deplored that this initiative was not discussed during the sommet.Les the United States, which threaten to reverse by the force the mode of Saddam Hussein, had invited the top to encourage this last to leave the capacity, but several Arab countries were Friday publicly raised against such a request.
Just another indication that they REALLY need to beef up their international news gathering operations.
Marking
March 2 - "Stanley Ho claims North Korea offered dictator asylum"
and
March 3 - "'NOTHING TO ADD' TO SADDAM ASYLUM CLAIM"
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