[url=http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=227640&lang=e&dir=news]Al-Waba.com[/url]
19-09-2002

Saddam Hussein is planning to escape Iraq in the event of a United States attack on Baghdad, the French paper [i]Liberation[/i] reported.

According to the report, the Iraqi President has sent his son, Uday, along with other representatives, to check out various options for receiving asylum in foreign countries.

The report said that Uday had visited the Russian capital of Moscow, while Saddam’s cousin visited Algeria.

According to the newspaper, Saddam has millions of dollars in a Swiss bank account - - an amount which will enable him to live his life in dignity in a foreign country.

Commentators of the French daily estimated, in light of this report, that Saddam’s decision to agree to the return of UN weapons inspectors to Iraq was meant for the sole purpose of “buying time”, needed for preparing his escape route.

When was the last time Saddam left Iraq, anyway?