Iraq challenges Bush to a formal duel to settle dispute

IRAQ yesterday challenged US President George Bush to a duel with the winner taking the spoils.

"Bush wants to attack the whole Iraq, the army and the infrastructure," Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said.

He suggested Bush faces Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in a formal duel with their vice presidents as their seconds and the weapon of their choice. "In this way we are saving the American and the Iraqi people," he said.