Reacting to Iraq\ufffds pledge on destroying Al Samoud missiles, White House spokesman Mr Ari Fleischer yesterday said nothing short of complete disarmament along with Mr Hussein leaving Iraq would stop a US-led strike. "President Bush has always predicted that Iraq would destroy its Al-Samoud 2 missiles as part of their games of deception... I think when you summarize Iraq\ufffds statement, that in principle they will destroy their missiles, the Iraqi actions are propaganda wrapped in a lie, inside a falsehood."
Mr Fleischer said: \ufffdMr Bush remains hopeful that war can be averted and Mr Hussein and his top leaders will go into exile or that he will completely disarm.\ufffd