Derham handed over to International Editor Bill Neely, who asked, "What's missing?" in the Iraqi arms dossier. Neely's answer:
"Iraq doesn't account for hundreds of artillery shells filled with mustard gas that inspectors know it had. Iraq said in the past it had lost them!"
No need to question if these missing artillery shells are being proposed in all seriousness as a reason for launching a massive war. No need to question if use of these awesome weapons - described by arms inspectors as battlefield weaponry of minimal importance - might be deterred by the U.S.'s 6,144 nuclear warheads. No need to question why, if these weapons are such a dread threat, weapons inspectors have been allowed to come and go as they please in Iraq.
Speaking under a banner graphic reading, 'Timetable to War', ITN newsreader
Nicholas Owen said:
"It seems the question is no longer 'if' we'll attack Iraq, but 'when' and 'how'. So what happens next? What's the timetable to war?"
"Iraq doesn't account for hundreds of artillery shells filled with mustard gas that inspectors know it had. Iraq said in the past it had lost them!"
No need to question if these missing artillery shells are being proposed in all seriousness as a reason for launching a massive war. No need to question if use of these awesome weapons - described by arms inspectors as battlefield weaponry of minimal importance - might be deterred by the U.S.'s 6,144 nuclear warheads. No need to question why, if these weapons are such a dread threat, weapons inspectors have been allowed to come and go as they please in Iraq.
Speaking under a banner graphic reading, 'Timetable to War', ITN newsreader
Nicholas Owen said:
"It seems the question is no longer 'if' we'll attack Iraq, but 'when' and 'how'. So what happens next? What's the timetable to war?"