Regardless, we must be concerned as long as Baghdad is surrounded by armed and dangerous neighbours, armed by the US and others, such as Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia to name a few. The Iraqi excuse, were Ms Albright correct, would undoubtedly be strengthened by Israeli nuclear warheads, some undoubtedly aimed at Baghdad. The US and others need to police themselves, sanction themselves in respect of weapons manufacture and sales. Ireland, new to the arms business, needs to take note. This is a crippling constraint for Iraq with dying children due to lack of UN-approved funding for reconstruction of electric power, water, sewerage and agricultural capacity destroyed by US bombing during the Gulf War.
Bombing continues almost daily in total breach of international law.
I am also sure that Ms Albright is right, Saddam Hussein would like to forget the use of chemical weapons, just as the US would like to forget the use of the atomic bomb on the Japanese and forget about the use of chemicals in Vietnam and depleted uranium in the Gulf War. Crimes against humanity abound on all sides. The genocide of Iraqis has continued for 10 years. The only solution is to lift the embargo and rebuild the economy while sustaining control over availability of weapons of mass destruction within and around Iraq. Were the political will existent, the UN and the US might use the model used by President Clinton and now President Putin in reaching out to North Korea.