The Iraqis are not threatened by the Turks or by the Iranians or by the Saudis and they tell me that these are not weapons of mass destruction, they are weapons of self-destruction.

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On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must...

On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must...

By and large my relations with the US were good.

By and large my relations with the US were good.

Look at the Palestinians with the huge, huge percentage of unemployed. What does that breed?...

Look at the Palestinians with the huge, huge percentage of unemployed. What does that breed?...

Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire,...

Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire,...

You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much...

You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much...

They have been saying for a long time that Iraq made an effort to import...

They have been saying for a long time that Iraq made an effort to import...

But I would say if the Security Council is only relevant if it agrees with...

But I would say if the Security Council is only relevant if it agrees with...

I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces...

I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces...

Even on television, the wavelengths that you use, they have to be distributed between countries.

Even on television, the wavelengths that you use, they have to be distributed between countries.

It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it.

It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it.

Now the idea about taking people abroad is that if they come over to Cyprus,...

Now the idea about taking people abroad is that if they come over to Cyprus,...

The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did...

The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did...

The country is not a democratic state. Therefore we fear that they might carry a...

The country is not a democratic state. Therefore we fear that they might carry a...

The world has gotten so interwoven.

The world has gotten so interwoven.

If public opinion still endorses military action that's one thing, but if they wait maybe...

If public opinion still endorses military action that's one thing, but if they wait maybe...

What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting...

What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting...

If you take the biological weapons in the United States we still will have perhaps...

If you take the biological weapons in the United States we still will have perhaps...

The U.N. is much more than the case of Iraq.

The U.N. is much more than the case of Iraq.

I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had...

I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had...

I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and...

I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and...