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Duel!

The Vice President of Iraq, Taha Yassin Ramadan, proposed a duel between US President George Bush and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, with UN General Secretary Kofi Annan as the referee. The AP says that he wasn't obviously joking, but reporters detected irony. "Iraq has two vice presidents, and Ramadan did not say whether he or Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf would take on [redacted] Cheney," says AP. CNN aired the disappointingly straight-faced response from White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer. Fleischer says it was an "irresponsible statement" that did not justify a "serious response."