/ 19 October 2001

BUSH ON SADDAM HUSSEIN

IRAQI leader Saddam Hussein is an ”evil man” whom the United States is watching carefully, US President George W Bush said on Thursday. At a news conference here, Bush did not specify any particular action he planned to take against Hussein in the United States’ war on terrorism. But he said: ”There is no question the leader of Iraq is an evil man. After all, he gassed his own people. We know he’s been developing weapons of mass destruction. ”We’re watching him carefully,” Bush said. – Sapa-AFP

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