The United States may still take action against Iraq, despite Saddam Hussein’s offer to allow weapons inspectors to return, Shimon Peres said. “The United States’ commitment is far-reaching, very clear, and I almost don’t see how it will retreat from it,” the Israeli foreign minister told Israel Radio from New York on Tuesday.
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