How likely is it that Iraq would deploy bio-chemical weapons against US or UK troops?
Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold: Well it is a possibility – it’s a worse case scenario that the troops must protect against and what you’re seeing now is them doing the drills which are absolutely right and proper. In the last Gulf war, Saddam did have chemical weapons. He could have loaded them into his scuds and fired them against Israel. He fired scuds against Israel and did not use chemical warheads. Scuds have already been fired into Kuwait city again without chemical weapons being fired. I think what one may deduce from that is that he is not going to do that and indeed interestingly the French reaction to the possibility of the use of chemical weapons – they’re saying that all bets are off if they fire chemical weapons they will come in on behalf of the coalition straight away. Susanna Reid: John Tanner, Malvern, UK asks: What is the likelihood of nuclear retaliation by the US should the allied forces come under chemical or biological attack? What’s the chance of us seeing nuclear