SHARPTON FLYING TO BAGHDAD By DEBORAH ORIN
WASHINGTON - The Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday said he's been promised visas by Iraq and plans to lead a delegation to Baghdad on Dec. 8, the deadline for Saddam Hussein to produce a list of all his weapons of mass death.
Sharpton said he may go to Baghdad even if the Bush administration refuses to authorize his trip, thus violating the current U.S. policy that except for journalists, American passports aren't valid for travel to Iraq without special State Department authorization.
"I wouldn't rule it out," said Sharpton, who added he's assembling a group of clergy to meet with religious leaders in Iraq.