State must urge US to delay attack

FEARS that America is set to declare war on Iraq without awaiting UN approval have been further fuelled

While no major discoveries were made by Hans Blix and his team of inspectors, US President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have seized on criticism of Saddam Hussein for not co-operating fully with the search as clear evidence of a material breach of UN resolutions.

In the face of mounting international opposition to war, an Anglo-American assault on Iraq now looks