Saddam is expected to take part in the Arab summit

In a statement to the London- based al-Hayat daily issued on Wednesday, a high ranking Arab officials said that the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein might surprise the Arab leaders who will meet at Amman's summit on March 27 and 28 by attended this summit..

The source added that if it happens the participation of the Iraqi president will be a surprise of one or two hours time during which the Iraqi president will deliver a speech and then he will leave the meeting hall heading back to Baghdad.

The source explained that it is so far known that Iraq's participation in the summit will be in a high ranking official presided over by one of the Iraqi president vice President Izzat Ibrahim or Taha Yassin Ramadan.