How many moves ahead?
Reader comment on item: Bush@U.N.

Submitted by Mladen Andrijasevic (Israel), Sep 20, 2002 at 01:08

Khidhir Hamza, "Saddam's Bombmaker", contends that Iraq will eventually acquire a nuclear bomb if Saddam Hussein is allowed to remain in power long enough. In this macabre chess game Iraq has by allowing the UN inspectors to re-enter the country just sacrificed a piece and gained time. Hopefully, the US is thinking several moves ahead, and will checkmate Saddam before the flag drops. Otherwise, the administration has shot itself in the foot.

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