US in nuclear threat to Iraq if Saddam strikes

AMERICA yesterday warned Saddam Hussein it would retaliate with a nuclear attack if Iraq uses weapons of mass destruction.

The White House said it would "respond with overwhelming force" including "all options" if the US, its troops or its allies are struck by biological, chemical, radiological or nuclear arms.

A six-page White House policy blueprint entitled the National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction said the options include a "conventional and nuclear response".