"Are weapons of mass destruction a needle that you can conceal in a head cover or in the scarf of an old woman that (U.N. weapons) inspectors cannot find?'' Saddam asked.

"There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq,'' he added, joking: "Well, give us time and the necessary means and we will produce any weapon they want and then we will invite them to come and destroy them.''

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