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“In my opinion, 80 to 90 per cent will defect. If you’re an Iraqi scientist getting by on a few dollars a month and you have a chance to live in freedom with your family for the rest of your life, why wouldn’t you cooperate?”

Khidhir Hamza, a former nuclear scientist who fled Iraq in 1994. The UN resolution allows inspectors to take scientists abroad for questioning (The Washington Post, 15 December)

“The allegation that we would attempt to obtain a sample of Prince Harry’s hair is preposterous.”

Stuart Kuttner, managing editor of British tabloid News of the World,…

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