DLR: Good list. Useful resource. Have copied it and put it in my files.
Sadly, that info may silence Saddam apologists in the US but it isn't going to help Tony here in the UK. The problem we have here is that most folk accept that Saddam had used WMDs in the 1980s without mercy, that he played Cat and Mouse with the UN inspectors, that there were probably some remanents of programmes out there that would include amounts of nasty stuff, and that if the world turned a blind eye he would go back to making them, and god knows who he may pass them on to.
The problem for those of us who support the war in the UK is the infamous 'sexing up' document sanctioned by Tony B. which gave the country the impression he was sitting on a huge arsenal presenting a clear and present danger (45 minutes). Without the sexing up - there would be less of a problem. The argument would be between those who thought 'containment' would continue to work (while Iraqi children starve to death and Al Qeida regrouped), and those who think we toppled a monster and set an example to other monsters in the world.
Personally I would rather be focussing on the later point of view, and checking that from where we are now we don't loose the plot or wobble and allow Iraq to become an Islamic regime. Instead, as one of a dwindling number of vocal war supporters in the UK I know the emails I'm going to get tommorow in response to this story..... All down to our government's presentation...
Americans should hope the current Brown/Blair fued playing out over here doesn't tip too far Brown's way. He would be a far less reliable friend.