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  Thursday  December 12  2002    01: 29 AM

iraq

US and UK admit lack of 'killer' proof
Whitehall puts onus on Saddam to show banned arms have gone

The US and Britain lack "killer" intelligence that will prove conclusively that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, according to sources in London and New York.
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A welcome shift: no evidence, no war

President George Bush, having been persuaded by domestic opinion to go to the UN to seek its authority for war, cannot change the rules of the game simply because the outcome does not suit his prejudices. No evidence – no war. The world should make that clear now, before the Americans try to create any more wriggle room.
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