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Are you an expert on Iraq?

In a special report shown on Thursday, Newsnight's diplomatic editor Mark Urban looked at the supposed threat to world stability posed by Iraq.

There has been much speculation on the possibility of military action against Saddam Hussein, but who has said what in recent weeks? Find out in the Newsnight quiz.

"The United States will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons."
A: Dick Cheney
B: George Bush
C: Donald Rumsfeld
D: Condaleeza Rice
E: Colin Powell
"I don't think there is going to be an American attack, imminent, on Iraq."
A: Tony Benn
B: Colin Powell
C: Tony Blair
D: Jack Straw
E: Clare Short
"That there is a threat from Saddam Hussein and the weapons of mass destruction that he has acquired is not in doubt at all."
A: Tony Blair
B: Jack Straw
C: Clare Short
D: Geoff Hoon
E: Donald Rumsfeld
"What I am saying is, legally we would be perfectly entitled to use force without a specific United Nations resolution. There is no legal necessity."
A: George Bush
B: Tony Blair
C: Jack Straw
D: Donald Rumsfeld
E: Geoff Hoon
"To open up a military flank on Iraq would be very unwise."
A: Clare Short
B: Colin Powell
C: Iain Duncan-Smith
D: Charles Kennedy
E: Robin Cook

See also:

04 Apr 02 | Newsnight
War with Iraq?

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