(AP/Malaysia Star) - Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak said Sunday in Florida that if the U.S. opts to disarm Iraq by force, the conflict would end quickly. Barak said that proof exists Iraqi president Saddam Hussein continually broke UN sanctions against manufacturing nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. That proof, Barak said, would be found as soon as Hussein is removed from power. "American forces are so much superior to the Iraqi armed forces that such an operation, once launched, will be decided at once,'' Barak said. "It won't take months, but a week before Saddam Hussein resigns.'' He also said he believes peace will have a greater chance in the Middle East once Hussein is removed from power.
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