Bush to Tell Saddam: Leave or Face War

By Sylvia Poggioli,

Vicky O'Hara

Published March 17, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

President Bush is expected to deliver Saddam Hussein an ultimatum when he addresses the nation tonight (8 p.m. EST): go into exile or face an imminent U.S. attack. The United Nations orders its personnel out of Baghdad. And Europeans are dismayed that war has apparently overtaken diplomacy. NPR's Vicky O'Hara and NPR's Sylvia Poggioli report.

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Sylvia Poggioli

Sylvia Poggioli is senior European correspondent for NPR's International Desk covering political, economic, and cultural news in Italy, the Vatican, Western Europe, and the Balkans. Poggioli's on-air reporting and analysis have encompassed the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, the turbulent civil war in the former Yugoslavia, and how immigration has transformed European societies.

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Vicky O'Hara

Victoria (Vicky) O'Hara is a diplomatic correspondent for NPR. Her coverage of the State Department and foreign policy issues can be heard on the award-winning Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition as well as on NPR's newscasts.