Saddam Hussein is back with avengeance, and his threats of world destruction aren"t to be taken lightly. The United States tried unsuccessfully to target him during the Gulf War in February 1991, however, they confidently expected the Iraq leader to be gone within months. Now, seven years later Saddam has shown a remarkable ability to survive and to rebuild his military to almost its peak potential and the US are threatening to lead air strikes over weapons inspections. Iraq is able to produce chemical and biological weapons within weeks, a long-range missile within a year and a nuclear...
Germ have expressed surprise at the extreme change in someone they deemed very ordinary and fun loving. "She talked about Saddam Hussein as though he was someone he admired, almost on fatherly terms", said one of the students who befriended Dr Germ at the time.

Mr Annan - the UN Secretary General - is hoping to avert powerful US-led air strikes against Iraq by persuading Saddam to settle for changes in the way the UN searches for banned weapons. The world"s fate is left in the hands of Mr Hussein, and who knows what to expect - Saddam"s Insane!