Mohammad Ali Delays Departure From Iraq
Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq —
American boxing great Mohammad Ali postponed a planned departure with 15 U.S. hostages Saturday, and aides said he was negotiating to have three more released.
The aides said Ali made the move after Friday night’s surprise offer by President Bush to send Secretary of State James A. Baker III to Baghdad for talks on the Persian Gulf crisis.
The aides gave no other details. Ali and his group had been scheduled to fly to Amman, Jordan, aboard an Iraqi Airways flight.
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