Flee or face war, Bush tells Saddam

US President George W Bush last night set the US and Britain on course for war within days to depose Saddam Hussein.

In a prime-time address to America, he told the Iraqi dictator to flee his country or face the might of American and British firepower.

US and British troops and aircrews in the Gulf were braced for the order to attack as no one believed Saddam would cut an run.