(London Times) The Americans are so far advanced with their build-up that they could be ready for war at comparatively short notice. By contrast, Britain will need several weeks to deploy. British officials who have seen the Iraqi document say that many biological and chemical warfare materials and missiles that escaped previous UN weapons inspections in the 1990s were still unaccounted for. "We know they have been hidden," one official said.
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