Ah, Teribus, the obfuscations continue.

Teribus, I can't give you a date for the paper by Carne Ross because it is not in the public domain. My source was Carne himslf, in a BBC TV interview last night.

Would you mind saying who you are quoting when you refer (in quotes) to Ross's evidence to the Butler inquiry? It seems to be irrelevant, anyway, to anything I said. I wasn't discussing whether the UK and/or the US considered Saddam to pose a threat; only whether the UK, US or anyone else considered Saddam to pose a threat to the UK. Ross believed that he did not. We know now of course that Saddam couldn't have presented any kind of credible threat even to Cyprus.

I'm sure Ross would appreciate your advice that he familiarise himself with the text of 1441. However you would discover from the most cursory research that he has good reason to be a lot more familiar with the text that you.