- CAIRO (Reuters) - Iraqi Foreign
Minister Naji Sabri said late on Sunday that President Saddam Hussein was
alive and well despite intensive U.S. and British bombing of his palaces
in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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- "Mr. Saddam Hussein is very well, in good condition
and he is leading our people and our fight against this colonial aggression,"
Sabri told reporters in Cairo ahead of a meeting of Arab foreign ministers
on Monday.
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- "He is much better than Mr. (George W.) Bush and
Mr. (Tony) Blair," Sabri said in a pointed reference to the leaders
of the United States and Britain, which have launched an offensive to overthrow
Saddam and disarm Iraq of alleged weapons of mass destruction.
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- "He is quite confident because he is a man of deep
faith in God. He is loved by his own people," Sabri said, adding:
"Mr. Bush is hated by his own people...by all peoples around the world."
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- Saddam's health and whereabouts have been difficult to
verify since U.S. and British warplanes and missiles began heavy bombing
of Baghdad on Thursday.
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- The Iraqi leader has been shown on state television since
then, but there has been some skepticism outside Iraq as to whether these
images were taped earlier.
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- U.S. and British officials have acknowledged they have
no idea where, or how, Saddam is since the war started, but the Iraqi authorities
have repeatedly said Saddam, his two sons and other senior ministers are
safe and well.
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