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Source: U.S. To Declare Iraq in Violation Add White House - AP to My Yahoo! By GEORGE GEDDA, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - The Bush administration will formally declare Iraq has violated a U.N. resolution on disarmament, setting the United States on a course toward possible war with Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) early next year, senior officials said Thursday. AP Photo The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said President Bush (news - web sites)'s decision is not an immediate trigger for war but the beginning of an intense diplomatic campaign to convince allies that Saddam has violated...

Demetrius Perricos, who is leading one of the U.N. inspection teams in Iraq, said Wednesday his team of international arms experts secured about a dozen Iraqi artillery shells containing the mustard liquid agent.