Iraq

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:42 pm on 26 February 2003.

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Photo of Jack Straw Jack Straw Foreign Secretary 12:42, 26 February 2003

I shall also give way to my hon. Friend in a moment.

Worse, this delay would send Saddam the clearest possible signal that his strategy is succeeding. It would tell him that the international community lacks the will to disarm him, and it would tell all those who threaten our security that Saddam Hussein has broken the United Nations as an instrument for defending peace through the force of international law.