Bush vows to 'reveal truth' on arms

US President George W Bush defended the US-led invasion of Iraq yesterday and pledged that "we'll reveal the truth" on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. He surveyed Baghdad from Air Force One as he flew back to Washington.

"We've made sure Iraq is not going to serve as an arsenal for terrorist groups," Mr Bush said in a speech at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, his coat off and shirt sleeves rolled up as he spoke to a sea of tan camouflage-clad US soldiers manning the command centre for the Iraq war.

Mr Bush noted the recent discovery in northern Iraq of what US intelligence agencies say are probably each part of a mobile biological weapons production facility.