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(CBS) In an exclusive interview with CBS Anchor Dan Rather, Iraqi president Saddam Hussein says he will die before going into exile. Hussein also denied links with Osama bin Laden and indicated he would not set fire to Iraq's oil fields or other sabotage in the event of a U.S.-led invastion. In the interview, which airs on 60 Minutes II on Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST, 8 pm CT., Saddam answered key questions about what his actions might be in the event of a U.S.-led war against Iraq. The interview with Rather was Saddam's first with an American journalist in about...

Saddam Expects War Soon (CBS) In an exclusive interview with CBS News Anchor Dan Rather, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein indicated he feels an invasion aimed at unseating him will come soon. Speaking to an American journalist for the first time in about a decade, Saddam also denied his Al Samoud 2 missiles were illegal and challenged President Bush to debate the need for war. The wide-ranging three-hour interview covered Saddam's feelings on his own people, the American public, Osama bin Laden, and what his own fate might be. Saddam made it clear that he takes the threat of war seriously...

Ron Ziegler Ron Ziegler was White House press secretary during most of Richard Nixon's presidency. Dan Rather worked in the same room with him during much of that time. Rather served as CBS's White House correspondent until Nixon resigned. Monday, February 10, 2003 marked the death of Ron Ziegler, the embattled former press secretary for most of President Richard Nixon's years in office. Ziegler eventually had to be replaced as his relationship with a Watergate-obsessed press corps eventually denigrated into daily shouting matches. Rather was one of those reporters who didn't get along with Ziegler, as he described in his...