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Iraq 'growing threat to Britain' (BBC, 1 September, 2002)

Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith says he supports a pre-emptive US offensive against Iraq because he believes Britain is on Saddam Hussein's list of targets for a missile attack. [...]

The Tory leader believes the next generation of Iraqi missiles will be able to reach the whole of Europe and writes that "we can choose to act pre-emptively or we can prevaricate".

Meanwhile, Tony Blair said the world could not stand by while Iraq was in "flagrant breach" of United Nations resolutions, as he arrived in Mozambique ahead of an appearance at South Africa's World Development Summit.

The prime minister insisted no decisions on how to tackle Saddam Hussein's regime had been taken, but added: "Doing nothing about Iraq's breach of these UN resolutions is not an option."

It has been confirmed that Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon will spend six days in the United States later this month and will be briefed by the US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld.

Like Grover Cleveland, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton, Tony Blair finds himself the leader of his nation but governing it more like a member of the opposition. If he'd get over his EU infatuation and propose joining NAFTA instead he'd have a shot at greatness. Time for Britain to rejoin the West. Posted by Orrin Judd at September 1, 2002 9:47 AM