US President gives Saddam 48 hour ultimatum

(23 Mar 2003) Pool Washington, DC - March 17, 2003 1. Close-up US President George Bush walks to podium 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President: “My fellow citizens, events in Iraq have now reached the final days of decision. For more than a decade, the United States and other nations have pursued patient and honorable efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime without war. That regime pledged to reveal and destroy all its weapons of mass destruction as a condition for ending the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Since then, the world has engaged in 12 years of diplomacy. We have passed more than a dozen resolutions in the United Nations Security Council. We have sent hundreds of weapons inspectors to oversee the disarmament of Iraq. Our good faith has not been returned.“ APTN Washington, DC - March 17, 2003 3. View of television monitor showing President Bush making his speech