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  • Saddam 'Crawfished,' Bush Says in Verbal Attack

    09/04/2002 4:00:06 PM PDT · by Willie Green · 58 replies · 360+ views
    Reuters ^ | September 04, 2002 | Randall Mikkelsen
    For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a month's vacation at his Texas ranch, President Bush let loose at Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Wednesday with a blast of down-home rhetoric. "For 11 long years Saddam Hussein has sidestepped, crawfished, wheedled out of any agreement that he had made," Bush told reporters on Wednesday, launching a new verb if not a military strike at Iraq. Back in Washington after spending August in Texas, Bush was outlining plans to seek the support of Congress and the United Nations for action against Saddam. "I'm going to...