Isolated Bush and Blair say war will go ahead

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W Bush were increasingly isolated in their support for war on Iraq last night after UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said the Iraqi decision to give up its Al-Samoud missiles was “a very significant piece of real disarmament”.

But Mr Bush insisted the war would go ahead, declaring that he was ready to disarm Saddam Hussein “now”.

The US president said the second UN resolution was no more than “a commitment to our allies and friends” and that whatever the outcome, the Iraqi leader would be made to give up his suspected weapons of mass destruction.