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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) said on Sunday that journalists and others should consider leaving Baghdad not just for the dangers of a possible U.S.-led attack but also because Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) could take them hostage.
"I think it is a dangerous time in Baghdad and each person in Baghdad whether a news person, inspector or in some other capacity, has to take a look at whether or not it is not time to leave," Powell said in an interview with CNN's "Late Edition." "It is a judgment each of them will have to make not just for the threat of potential military action, but from the threat of Saddam Hussein taking them as hostages."
He said he thought it was best if those people began making plans to leave Baghdad. "My personal advice is they ought to take a hard look at the situation they are in, and it would probably be better for them to start leaving or make plans to leave," he said.
Powell also said that President Bush (news - web sites) and other leaders of Spain and Britain who are meeting in the Azores will decide whether diplomacy has run its course or to give it more time.
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"I think it is a dangerous time in Baghdad and each person in Baghdad whether a news person, inspector or in some other capacity, has to take a look at whether or not it is not time to leave," Powell said in an interview with CNN's "Late Edition." "It is a judgment each of them will have to make not just for the threat of potential military action, but from the threat of Saddam Hussein taking them as hostages."
He said he thought it was best if those people began making plans to leave Baghdad. "My personal advice is they ought to take a hard look at the situation they are in, and it would probably be better for them to start leaving or make plans to leave," he said.
Powell also said that President Bush (news - web sites) and other leaders of Spain and Britain who are meeting in the Azores will decide whether diplomacy has run its course or to give it more time.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...7&u=/nm/20030316/ts_nm/iraq_powell_warning_dc