Brittain: we can inflict great damages on the Iraqi military infrastructure

The British Defense minister George Robertson told journalists on board of the plane which transported him to Kuwait on Sunday that a military force is ready to strike Iraq warning that the west will not permit the current crisis to be extended beyond the end of the current year. He added that Britain hopes to reach a diplomatic solution for the inspection crisis, adding "time and patience are passing." He threatened Iraq, saying: "we can inflict great damages on the Iraqi military infrastructure."