Britain gives warning to Saddam

Manama - Britain's Defence Secretary, Mr George Robertson, arrived in Bahrain yesterday warning that time is running out for …

Manama - Britain's Defence Secretary, Mr George Robertson, arrived in Bahrain yesterday warning that time is running out for a peaceful solution to the "biggest crisis over Iraq since the end of the Gulf War."

Mr Robertson arrived from Kuwait where he told a press conference that "if [Iraqi President] Saddam Hussein thinks he can drag this out, then he makes a serious miscalculation.

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