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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (425836)	7/11/2003 6:17:11 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

<font color=orange> Well, at least some of the Brits are coming out of da Nile. Of course, Mr. Blair now has adopted Mr. Bush's doublespeak saying that we're looking for WMD "PROGRAMMES" and not simply WMD. They tack on the word "programmes" or "program" as if we won't know the difference? The arrogance!<font color=black> ************************************************* Iraq weapons 'unlikely to be found' Teams of UN weapons inspectors were sent to Iraq before the war Senior figures inside Whitehall no longer believe weapons of mass destruction are likely to turn up in Iraq, the BBC has learned. The BBC's political editor Andrew Marr says "very senior sources" have virtually ruled out the possibility of finding weapons in Iraq. The development "is of important political significance", he adds. But Downing Street insists that the prime minister stands by the comments he made to MPs on the Commons liaison committee on Tuesday - that he is convinced that evidence of Iraq's weapons programme will be found. "I have absolutely no doubt at all that we will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction programmes," Mr Blair said at the outset of the hearing. A Downing Street spokesman said: "His (the prime minister) words are clear and they are on the record." The belief that the physical weapons are now going to be found has virtually gone.**