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| Saudi Arabia Backs Away From Peace Plan |
| 2003-03-27 |
| Saudi Arabia backed away Wednesday from an announcement that it had made a peace proposal to the United States and Iraq, saying only that it had offered ``general "It was Prince Tweezel's idea; the rest of us knew nothing about it." ``We have thoughts and ideas that will not come to fruition unless both agree in principle it is time to stop the fighting,'' Foreign Minister Prince Saud told reporters. ``Saudi Arabia has always thought the war should not have happened in the first place. Perhaps it's a good time to ... think about diplomatic solutions.'' Perhaps it's a good time to think about your survival in exile. On Tuesday, Saud told reporters that the kingdom had made a peace proposal to Iraq and the United States and pledged to ``knock on all doors'' to get it heard. He did not give further details. You have to knock loudly to get Sammy's attention right now, what with all the diasies in the way. News of a peace plan had baffled both Washington and Baghdad. Saudi Arabia has been quietly aiding the U.S. war effort. Washington said it was not aware of a peace proposal from Saudi Arabia, and Iraq's That worked well. |
| Posted by:Steve White |