<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>The United States Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, says that the US cannot afford to wait for conclusive proof of Saddam Hussein's weapons programs before it attacks Iraq.
He equated the reluctance of America's allies to get involved with the appe<wm>asement policy of Neville Chamberlain when World War II.
US President Bush said that if the US were truly concerned with the potential threat of WMDs in Iraq it should see Saddam Hussein, and his government, being transparently and obviously working on them.
He said that if the US had no faith in his government then how could it make any deal with the Iraqi dictator?
Bush said that Saddam Hussein had given a list of documents from his government showing that his government had not been actively involved in</wm> building a gas and chemical program that produced mustard gas in civilian areas.
He also said that Iraq was