US Sources Say no New Evidence of Iraqi Nuclear Threat

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US Sources Say no New Evidence of Iraqi Nuclear Threat

There is no new information about the Iraqi government's efforts to develop nuclear weapons, US sources with knowledge of Baghdad's military capabilities said Thursday.

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There is no new information about the Iraqi government's efforts to develop nuclear weapons, US sources with knowledge of Baghdad's military capabilities said Thursday.

The sources said they would not rule out the possibility that the White House may ask for a new assessment of any Iraqi nuclear threat, according to a CNN news report.

The Bush administration has suggested that Iraq may soon develop a nuclear bomb. But multiple sources in the US government said they believe Iraq is years away from having a nuclear device unless the country receives outside help, the report said.

Most of these sources also said they know of no specific intelligence that would lead to a new timetable assessment.

Meanwhile, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Bush believes the United States has "sufficient evidence" on Iraq's development of weapons of mass destruction to justify US military actions against Iraq.

"The president believes that the evidence that we have already seen is sufficient to require regime change," Fleischer said.

However, Former US president Jimmy Carter said that there is no current danger to the United States from Iraq.

"As has been emphasized vigorously by foreign allies and by responsible leaders of former administrations and incumbent office-holders, there is no current danger to the United States from Baghdad," Cater said in an article in Thursday's Washington Post.

He also expressed his disagreement with the US go-it-alone policy and stressed the need for the United Nations to force unrestricted inspection in Iraq.

"We cannot ignore the development of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, but a unilateral war with Iraq is not the answer", Carter said. "There is an urgent need for UN action to force unrestricted inspections in Iraq."

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