NEW DELHI, India -- India's leader said President Bush has repeatedly asked for India's help in the war in Iraq, and been denied, a newspaper reported Friday. "The U.S. President George Bush has spoken to me three times, saying that India must help the U.S.A., as Saddam Hussein had left him with no option but to go for the attack," the Hindustan Times quoted Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as saying on Thursday.
Vajpayee said he told Bush that war was not a solution to any problem so India could not help the military campaign, the newspaper reported.
Vajpayee did not explain what help Bush requested. Officials in the prime minister's office were not available for comment Friday.
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