A Bush administration official said the meeting would not focus on military planning for a possible invasion to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
A man 's tongue was cut off in September under a new decree making slander of President Saddam an amputation crime.
A man's tongue was cut off in September under a new decree making slander of President Saddam an amputation crime.
All are happy to see the downfall of Saddam.
An advisor to Saudi crown prince Abdullah said discussions about targeting Saddam had already begun.
Apparently, since the invasion of the US and the subsequent death of Saddam Hussein, peep show cinemas, which were not allowed previously, are springing up everywhere.
Asked about Saddam Hussein, she gives a big thumbs up with a toothy grin.
But Saddam 's small rump of supporters aided and abetted by foreign terrorists.
But Saddam remains in power, having rejected the ultimatum in advance.
But Saddam's small rump of supporters aided and abetted by foreign terrorists.
But some in the opposition say the move is more likely to inflame political rivalries than hasten the downfall of Saddam Hussein.
But, just as Saddam has remained elusive, so have Osama Bin Laden and Mullah Umar.
Despite the memories of Saddam Hussein 's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, there are strong undercurrents of anger in the Gulf.
Despite the memories of Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, there are strong undercurrents of anger in the Gulf.
Despite the sanctions, Saddam continued to impose " unspeakable terror and evil " on his own people.
Even the capture of the undoubtedly vile Saddam Hussein has not staunched attacks on coalition troops or made the war any more popular.
For now, Mr Saddam is targetting allied warplanes patrolling the Iraqi skies.
Fortunately for Iraq, Saddam has failed miserably in his attempts to fully subjugate the people of Iraq.
However, Washington 's plan to unseat Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is still a pipe dream.
If George W is so gung-ho on removing Saddam Hussein from power why didn't he focus on it a year ago?
If Saddam's forces retreated to cities, they might well liquidate potentially disloyal elements.
Inspections worked, he said, even when Saddam got up to his old tricks, playing cat-and-mouse.
Iraq 's Sunni Muslim minority held the reins of power during Saddam Hussein 's rule.
Iraq's Sunni minority was dominant under Saddam and is believed to make up the backbone of the country's insurgency.
Islamist extremists is much greater than that posed by Saddam Hussein.
Isn't that just what happened in Baghdad, following the downfall of Saddam Hussain?
It is n't that I doubt the ability of America 's fighting forces to take out a third-rate power like Saddam Hussein 's Iraq.
It seems undeniable that Saddam was in breach of earlier UN resolutions that required verifiable disarmament after the 1991 Gulf War.
It was the scene of a massive refugee exodus following an uprising against Saddam that was crushed in 1991.
Likewise, the checks and balances that exist in the nuclear stalemate between India and Pakistan do not apply to Saddam.
Most important of all, we absolutely must forget that President Ronald Reagan dispatched a special envoy to meet Saddam Hussein in December 1983.
Mr Blair told MPs in the House he was not playing a game of " dangerous brinkmanship " with President Saddam.
Mr Saddam has already proven his ability to siphon off funds from the UN 's current oil-for food program.
My own suspicion is that the Americans may try for a war crimes indictment against Saddam Hussein.
On the other hand a policy of no war, no sanctions, liberates the evil genie, Saddam Hussein.
Only when the threat of war and crippling sanctions are removed will a genuinely progressive mass opposition to Saddam be likely.
Op-Ed article calling Saddam " a clear threat to world security.
Saddam 's first period in office witnessed a bloody purge of the Iraqi left.
Saddam 's troops have adapted the weapons to fire multiple salvos into the sky.
Saddam Hussein could have been removed from power without bombing Iraqi civilians surely?
Saddam Hussein is a vicious dictator who was brutally repressed the Iraqi people.
Saddam Hussein used the chemical weapons on his own people.
Saddam Hussein was a proven mass murderer who refused to account for his weapons of mass murder.
Saddam Hussein will undoubtedly be removed but only to be replaced by a pro-US stooge resting on US and British military might.
Saddam International Tower is a ghost tower - absolutely off-limits to any cameras.
Saddam is too cagey to refuse outright, not with war balancing on the edge of a scimitar.
Saddam may be a nasty piece of work but he had nothing to do with flying planes into the World Trade Center.
Saddam meetings Galloway, who was a vocal critic of UN sanctions against Iraq, met Saddam during visits to Baghdad in the 1990s.
Saddam underestimated the Iranian resistance, typified by young zealots pouring across mine fields to attack Iraqi troops who had occupied their land.
Saddam's first period in office witnessed a bloody purge of the Iraqi left.
Saddam's troops have adapted the weapons to fire multiple salvos into the sky.
Several other Iraqi police stations have been attacked since the conclusion of major combat operations to oust Saddam Hussein.
Short, who resigned as international development secretary following the campaign to topple Saddam Hussein, made her comments in a radio interview.
So who was it who had been planning since before 9/11 to create a fraudulent casus belli against Saddam?
Some of their advice looked prophetic in retrospect, such as their prediction of widespread looting and insurgency once Saddam Hussein's regime fell.
Stopping Saddam is not a matter of gung-ho military overkill.
Talabani said an independent Iraqi uprising against Saddam depended on an unlikely alliance among the country 's different ethnic, political and religious groups.
That was only averted by another offer from Saddam.
The Americans were going to let Saddam bite a chunk out of the Kuwaiti border.
The area's old theocrats Would welcome freedom's bell, They'd all become good democrats, Saddam would run like hell.
The capture of Saddam Hussein in December was hailed as vindication of the war - but that did n't draw a line either.
The children were coached not to cry or ask questions, and above all to say nothing derogatory about Saddam.
The final report into the scandal alleges that a total of $ 1.8 billion was paid in illegal kickbacks to Saddam's government.
The troops parachuted into northern Iraq overnight to open a northern front against Saddam Hussein's forces.
The truly humanitarian position is to do away with sanctions entirely, which will only happen if Saddam Hussein is overthrown.
The US government maintains that Saddam Hussein expelled the UN inspectors from Iraq in 1998, but this is not true.
There are wild rumors in Baghdad that Saddam is secretly negotiating oil for his survival.
They were all absolutely convinced that these documents showed me receiving $ 10 million from the Saddam regime.
This is not northern Iraq, where Saddam Hussein gassed 5,000 Kurds in 1988.
To many, Saddam was the best of a bad lot, the only secular counterweight to the Islamists.
Under Saddam, harvesting normally started this month, with a touring fleet of aging combined harvesters.
Under the UN agreement after the 1991 Gulf War, Saddam is allowed to develop only short-range ballistic missiles.
We and our coalition partners have also removed the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, a long-time state sponsor of terror.
We have not had a cheep out of Saddam since September 11.
When he issued this pronouncement Saddam also called on other oil producing countries in the region do the same.
Who would prefer that Saddam 's torture chambers still be open?