Iraq blasts ‘little Bush’ war campaign

IRAQ yesterday blasted what it called the mad campaign of “little Bush”, the US president threatening to go to war if Baghdad fails to give up alleged weapons of mass destruction.

Around Baghdad, UN experts looking for weapons visited three sites while Iraq said it would soon receive a first batch of Arab and European volunteers ready to act as human shields to try to stave off a US attack.

“The administration of little Bush is launching a mad campaign based on lies and accusations,” the ruling Baath Party newspaper al-Thawra wrote in a front-page editorial directed at President Bush.