By Hassan Hafidh and Steve Holland
January 19 2003
The Sun-Herald

As a further seven US warships and 10,000 troops sailed for the Gulf yesterday, the US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, reiterated that the country was ready to go to war alone, or with "like-minded" nations.

Mr Powell, who is regarded as the least hawkish of the Bush administration, said Washington believed that by the end of January there would be "a persuasive case" that Iraq was not co-operating with the United Nations weapons inspectors.

He said that many countries believed another UN resolution was needed to justify a war against Iraq.

"But we have always made clear that the US will act without a second resolution if we are of the firm opinion that Iraq still has weapons of mass destruction or wants to produce new ones," Mr Powell told Sueddeutsche Zeitung in an interview published yesterday.

"If you are looking for proof of weapons of mass destruction, I can show you pictures."

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