Manama: Bahrain's King Hamad has offered asylum to Saddam Hussein, the official BNA
news agency said on March 19, hours before the expiry of a US ultimatum to the Iraqi
President to leave Iraq or face war.
Hamad "has expressed Bahrain's readiness to host Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
should he wish to live here in all dignity and respect without this in any way
undermining Iraq's capacities and status", said a statement issued after an
emergency Cabinet meeting chaired by the King.
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