U.S. Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld, left, smiles while watchig German chairman Horst Teltschik, right, during the opening ceremony of the Security conference in Munich's 'Bayerischer Hof' hotel, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003. Leading politicians and high-ranking representatives of the armed forces from more than 40 countries gather in Munich to discuss issues of European, transatlantic and global foreign and security policy. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (C) smiles as he listens to Bavaria's conservative Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber (R) before Rumsfeld's opening speech of the 39th security conference in Munich, February 8, 2003. Rumsfeld said on Saturday Washington still hoped war against Iraq would not be necessary, but said the world was serious about disarming Baghdad. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (L) and NATO (news - web sites) General Secretary George Robertson smile before Rumsfeld's opening speech of the 39th security conference in Munich, February 8, 2003. Rumsfeld said on Saturday Washington still hoped war against Iraq would not be necessary, but said the world was serious about disarming Baghdad. REUTERS/Michael Dalder