Prime Minister Tony Blair said Britain was ready to authorize further action against Iraq if Baghdad continued to attack British planes patrolling no-fly zones.
US and British warplanes have often attacked targets in the south and north since Baghdad started to challenge the aircraft in December 1998.
Iraq's Babel newspaper, commenting on the inability of Bush's father to remove Saddam during his time in the White House said: "The new dwarf in the `Black House' will not be able to do any better than his father, who was defeated and left with failure and frustration."
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