> The Iraqi president responded publicly for the first time on Thursday,
>    exhorting Iraqis to be prepared "with all the force you can to face
> your enemies"

As would any "responsible" (in the loosest sense of the word) head
of state say

OTOH, it was reported today that SH had promised a British MP
unfettered access of Iraq by inspectors

So who to believe ?

To quote Winston Churchill (twice)

"In wartime, the truth is so precious that she should always be
attended by a bodyguard of lies" (Churchill to Stalin)

"The first casualty of war is truth" (Churchill memoirs)

And one from across the pond, which you could apply to
either side to sum up their positions

"Extremism in the defence of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the
pursuit of justice is no virtue" (Senator Barry Goldwater)

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