LONDON, Sept 24: The much-awaited dossier on Iraq was published here on Tuesday which claims that “Saddam Hussein’s armoury of chemical weapons is on standby for use within 45 minutes.”

The dossier by the British prime minister, Tony Blair, says that Saddam “has retained up to 20 al-Hussein missiles from the Gulf War. These could be used with chemical, biological or nuclear warheads and with a range of 650 kilometres, could reach the UK sovereign base areas in Cyprus and Nato members Greece and Turkey as well as all Iraq’s neighbours.”

The dossier also claims that there is evidence that “he (Saddam) has sought significant amounts of uranium from Africa.” Blair, in the dossier, says, “We must ensure that he (Saddam) does not get to use the weapons he has, or get hold of the weapons he wants.”