NP straight talk

[Doug Millison]

White House: assassination of Saddam would be cheaper
than war 
Tue Oct 1, 3:49 PM ET

By PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer 

WASHINGTON - Commenting on the cost of a war in Iraq,
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer ( news - web
sites) said Tuesday it would be cheaper if President
Saddam Hussein ( news - web sites) simply were
assassinated. 


Fleischer was asked about a Congressional Budget
Office ( news - web sites) estimate that fighting a
full-scale war with Iraq would cost the United States
as much as $9 billion a month. [...]

He also seemed to suggest that Saddam could go into
exile, another cheaper option than military action. 

"I can only say that the cost of a one-way ticket is
substantially less than that," Fleischer said. "The
cost of one bullet, if the Iraqi people take it on
themselves, is substantially less than that."  [...] 

Asked if the administration hopes Saddam will end up
dead, Fleischer said: 

"Regime change is the policy, in whatever form it
takes." [...] 

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=524&u=/ap/20021001/ap_wo_en_po/us_iraq_assassination_1&printer=1





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