No 'smoking gun' needed in Iraq

United Nations weapons inspectors do not have to find a "smoking gun" proving Iraq has weapons of mass destruction to trigger war, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has reportedly warned.

"Persuasive evidence" that President Saddam Hussein has nuclear, biological or chemicals weapons may be enough to warrant military strikes by Britain and the US, he told the Sunday Telegraph.
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Time for Decision on Iraq Is Nearing, White House Says

Top officials of the Bush administration today rejected calls for a prolonged inspections process in Iraq, asserting that the moment of decision was fast approaching on whether Saddam Hussein's regime had complied with the disarmament demands from United Nations Security Council.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said that the decision on whether or not Iraq is cooperating with the United Nations, a determination that is generally regarded as a possible precursor to war, would be made "in a matter of weeks, not in months or years."
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I guess this means that the charade of inspections is about over.