Bush to set US on course for war

President Bush’s administration will formally declare that Iraq has violated a UN resolution on disarmament, setting the US on a course toward possible war with Saddam Hussein early next year, senior officials said tonight.

The officials said President Bush’s decision is not an immediate trigger for war but the beginning of an intense diplomatic campaign to convince allies that Saddam has violated a UN resolution requiring him to rid Iraq of weapons of mass destruction or face possible military action.