Bush seeks 'all means' to disarm Saddam

US President George W Bush has asked Congress for authority to use “all means he determines to be appropriate, including force” to disarm and overthrow Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, saying the US will take action on its own if the UN Security Council baulks.

Bush seeks 'all means' to disarm Saddam

US President George W Bush has asked Congress for authority to use “all means he determines to be appropriate, including force” to disarm and overthrow Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, saying the US will take action on its own if the UN Security Council baulks.

The President sent to Congress his proposed wording for a resolution that would give him such broad war-making authority. He told reporters in the Oval Office that the power to use force was all-important.

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