Bush Skeptical of Iraq Disarmament

Despite the return of United Nations weapons inspectors to Iraq, President Bush said ``the signs are not encouraging'' about Saddam Hussein's willingness to disarm. (...)

As evidence, he noted that Saddam's regime has recently fired upon American and British pilots patrolling no-fly zones over Iraq and has responded to U.N. disarmament demands with ``protests and falsehoods.''
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These aren't "patrols" — they're bombing missions. Saddam is firing back in self-defense and that is an exuse to go to war against him? Surrealer and surrealer.