President to Hussein: Leave Iraq or Face War
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Saddam Hussein has 48 hours to get out – or the U.S. will invade Iraq.
The warning came Monday evening in a speech to the nation by President Bush.
Bush warned if Saddam and his sons don’t leave, the U.S. and allies will wage war. He wouldn’t say when that would happen, mentioning only that it would be “at a time of our choosing.”
Bush says America does not stand alone in the efforts to disarm Saddam Hussein. He says there’s a “broad coalition” ready to enforce the “demands” of the world.
The President says the U.N. Security Council has not lived up to its responsibilities in disarming the Iraqi leader. So he says, America “will rise to ours.”
Bush says no one can believe that Iraq has disarmed. He believes the country will never rid itself of weapons of mass destruction, as long as Saddam Hussein is in power.
Read the transcripts from Bush’s Address to the Nation.
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Originally posted March 19, 2003