[areafiftyone]

I don't know how reliable this source is.

[kcvl]

bttt

[NordP]

Can we pretend we are ALL dyslexic and say 27 hours????

[Scott from the Left Coast]

If France gets all pissy about 10 days, why would they accept 72 hours?

Saddam isn't going anywhere. He's dead anywhere in the world except where is right now. And that may not hold for a whole lot longer either.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Interesting offer. I doubt Saddam would take it, but even if he does, the Liberation of Iraq will not be because some third world cabal "offered" it to the Dictator, it'll be because one man--George W. Bush--stood and faced evil square in the eye.

[JusPasenThru]

The sublimest act of war is to subdue the enemy without actually resorting to combat -- SunTsu.

[SuziQ]

'Uday might be the first to shoot his father if he refused an amnesty

As the saying goes, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree".

[Oldeconomybuyer]

A UN-brokered sanctuary for a brutal dictator who murdered tens of thousands of innocent civilians and operates torture chambers for citizens who disagree with his regime sounds about right for the UN.

[FRgal4u]

if this works, and saddam go on exile, and indeed the un can help the post-saddam iraq...then the un will prolly score the biggest victory ever...

but then again, dont hold your breath...

[ET(end tyranny)]

It is thought that Saddam's sons, Uday and Qusay, would push for a safe passage out rather than face a cataclysmic end in a Baghdad bunker. 'Uday might be the first to shoot his father if he refused an amnesty,' one senior Jordan official is quoted as saying.

Sounds like something from a Springer show.

[RobFromGa]

I hope this is crap, I expect this is crap.

[Dog Gone]

the UN would oversee the establishment of a post-Saddam government and the UN, not the US, would take stewardship of Iraq's oilfields.

Sure, throw it in. Saddam won't take it, and such a result would be an unmitigated disaster, but if it makes the UN vote for a force resolution, so be it.

[Amerigomag]

The closer we get to March 17, the wackier the stories comming out of the British press will become.

[illumini]

Do you think the UN will FORCE the US regarding this matter? -Not I.

[Atchafalaya]

If this is true, France et al blinked. They do not want us in there finding all of their invoices.

[TSgt]

Saddam escaping Iraq via a disguise...

[CurlyDave]

the UN would oversee the establishment of a post-Saddam government and the UN, not the US, would take stewardship of Iraq's oilfields.

This allows the UN to emerge victorious, prevents the US from taking a physical inventory of just what is in Iraq, and gives the UN a stream of income from the oil.

Sounds to me like the US has provided the courage, the leadership, and the troups, and at the last second the UN wants to come in and defeat us.

[spodefly]

There is a disconnect between the talk of Saddam murdering and torturing thousands of his citizens, and the talk of his peaceful passage into exile. Would we really let someone so vile happily live out the rest of their lives in some palace bought with the blood money of thousands of innocent torture victims?

[Paraclete]

The next couple of weeks are going to be wild. Look for all kinds of deals and jockeying as Saddam tries to save his neck. It's going to be nerve-racking until we pull the trigger.

[dighton]

Meet the least photogenic staff on earth.

[arkady_renko]

I don't know how reliable this source is.

Ivan, if you're out there - what say ye?