Experts from the UK, US, France, Russia and China are censoring potentially dangerous sections of the dossier before releasing a working version for wider distribution among the other members of the Security Council.
Nuclear declaration
The 12,000-page dossier, ordered by UN Security Council Resolution 1441, provided a account of Iraq's past and present weapons programme.
The nuclear section, running to nearly 2,500 pages, deals with Iraq's nuclear weapons activities up until 1991 and a smaller section covers the period between 1991 and 2000.
The nuclear section covered how the country could obtain nuclear weapons and how it could construct them
Chemical weapons
This section dealing with Iraq's chemical weapons programme includes details of imported chemicals and of products used to manufacture other chemicals
The chemical compounds ricin toxin, chlorine and phenol are mentioned.
The chemical declaration included information on a Terminated radiation bomb project, Research and development activities and Production facilities, including chemical production sites.
Biological weapons
The declaration relating to Iraq's biological weapons programme details activities at named facilities, but does not mention any biological products.
It also includes:
Study of converting fighter aircraft to remote controlled aircraft
Organisational chart and military institutions connected to former biological weapons development
Missile programme
This section covers work on missiles with a range exceeding 150 kilometres (93 miles), banned by UN resolutions following the 1991 Gulf War.
The section also contains:
A summary of Iraq's ballistic missile programme
Actual use of ballistic missile power
Maps
Iraq is in the Middle East situated next to Iran and accessible through the Gulf.
Iraq is believed to have once had extensive chemical, nuclear and biological weapons programmes. But the 1991 Gulf War, subsequent UN inspections, international sanctions and raids by US and British aircraft have seriously damaged its facilities.
Some people believe Iraq to have significant stocks of biological and chemical agents. But others suggest that even if it has, these are now so old they no longer work, and in any case Iraq does not have the means to deliver these agents.
For Iraq to produce and launch a nuclear bomb it would require a lot of help from another country.
This below map shows the suspected weapons sites in Iraq.
At this moment in time the uk has about 30 000 troops in the area while the US has about150 000 They are deployed around Iraq as shown by this map.
Profiles
A list of the major people involved in this conflict.
George W Bush.
George bush is the current president of the US. He is trying to go to war with Iraq his reason is to eliminate the threat of terrorism. This is part of his war on terrorism campaign, the objective to rid the world of terrorism completely.
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein is the current ruler of Iraq. He is rumoured to have a large quantity of weapons at his disposal. He is also rumoured to have links with the al queda. America and the rest of the world knew him when he invaded Kuwait. He is wanted by America for terrorism.
Tony Blair
Tony Blair is the current prime minister of the UK. If America go to war with Iraq then the UK as its ally will support it with its army. Blair is also trying to persuade the UN to give the war the go ahead.
Conclusion
Whether or not the war does go ahead Suddam Hussein has already achieved something he been making the US’s and are own Economy slowly drop the ftse 100 and he down Jones index have been dropping now for ages and if it continues in this state of pre war then it will cripple the economies of our countries. It seems the only way to prevent this is to go to war, however if we do then we will have to borrow money and if the war is long then we could soon be in debt this could have disastrous consequences on our countries. So either way Suddam has already brought our countries down. So in a economic sense Suddam has already won.
From a moral standpoint then it is also debateable whether the war shod take place as on the one hand we will be eliminating a possible threat to our country be killing Suddam, but to do this a number of our soldiers will have to die.
There is also the fear that we could fall into the same trap as America did during Vietnam the people of Iraq could fight so desperately to defend their country that like the Americans we will be beaten. It would be like approaching a wounded animal.
So whether or not we go to war Suddam has in effect already won, if we do go to war then our men will be killed and our economy ruined and if the UN don’t allow it then we will have already lost money, and Suddam will still be alive.
