Newly-Published Transcript Reveals Prewar Effort To Spirit Saddam Out Of Iraq

Newly-Published Transcript Reveals Prewar Effort To Spirit Saddam Out Of Iraq

A transcript of an eve-of-war conversation between President George Bush and former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar has revealed a previously undisclosed initiative to avert war in Iraq by spiriting Saddam Hussein out of the country.

"Yes, it's possible," Mr Bush told the Spanish leader. "The Egyptians are talking to Saddam Hussein ... He seems to have indicated he would be open to exile if they would let him take one billion dollars and all the information he wants on weapons of mass destruction."

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