UK starts to get ready for war against Iraq

THE UK is starting to get ready for possible war against Iraq, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced yesterday.

Officials said plans to provide equipment for a campaign had begun, and ships were being hired to take any troops needed to the Gulf.

And in America US President George W Bush yesterday ordered the military to begin deploying a national missile defence system with 10 interceptor rockets at a base in Alaska by 2004.