Bush warns Saddam to disarm or face consequences

US President George Bush threatened Saddam Hussein with "the severest consequences" if he fails to disarm under a UN resolutions approved yesterday.

In a hastily arranged White House appearance moments after the unanimous Security Council vote, a triumphant Bush said: "The outcome of the current crisis is already determined. The full disarmament of weapons of mass destruction will occur. The only question for the Iraqi regime is to decide how."

Bush, who spurred the council to action with a September 12 speech to the General Assembly, kept up the pressure on allies.