- A former US ambassador has branded George Bush's planned
war on Iraq the "mother of all follies".
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- Jack Binns accused the President of driving US foreign
policy in a damaging direction.
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- He also predicted strikes against Saddam Hussein would
provoke a biological, chemical or even nuclear response.
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- Mr Binns, President Carter's ambassador to Honduras said:
"We are on the brink of what would be the mother of all follies -
our intention to dispose of Saddam by military force.
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- "Bush's desire to oust Saddam is driving our foreign
policy in damaging directions.
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- "There is no doubt he is accumulating weapons of
mass destruction, but our friends and allies in the war on terrorism are
telling us to go slow.
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- "They say we must pursue other means to contain
the Iraqi regime.
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- "Why should we heed this advice? First, because
action against Iraq is certain to trigger Saddam's use of weapons of mass
destruction.
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- "Many believe he could launch missiles against Israel.
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- "That would almost certainly trigger a nuclear response."
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- Veteran Labour MP Tam Dalyell described Mr Binns' comments
as "enormously significant".
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- Republican foreign policy guru Brent Scowcroft said Bush
could spark "Armageddon".
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- The retired general, who advised Nixon and Ford, said:
"In 1991 Saddam sought to bring Israel into the conflict.
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- "This time he might succeed, provoking Israel to
respond, perhaps with nuclear weapons, unleashing an Armageddon in the
Middle East."
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