backing, accused the resolution's opponents of weakening the alliance against Saddam. "I have to say that I really believe that had we given that strong message some time ago, Saddam might have realized that the games had to stop," the prime minister said. Aznar, the prime minister of Spain, where millions of protesters staged rallies Friday, said he was not dissuaded by dissent. "We are well aware of the international world public opinion, of its concern, and we are also very well aware of our responsibilities and obligations," Aznar said. Portugal Prime Minister Jose Duran Barroso called the Azores summit "the last chance of a political solution. It may be a small chance but if there is only one chance in a million it's worth trying this opportunity."
Far from this lush Portuguese archipelago, Saddam warned that if Iraq is attacked, it would take the war anywhere in the world "wherever there is sky, land or water."


At the United Nations, chief weapons inspector Hans Blix was working on the details of a plan envisioning that inspections would continue for months. He was scheduled to present it to the Security Council on Tuesday. Even so, U.N. weapons inspectors bracing for war flew most of their helicopters out of Iraq, and Germany advised its citizens to leave the country immediately. Bush was expected to issue a similar warning to humanitarian workers and journalists in his upcoming speech, dubbed "the ultimatum address" inside the White House. The president laid the choice at Saddam's feet. "The decision is his to make. It's been his to make all along, as to whether or not there's the use of military," the president said. "He got to decide whether he's going to disarm, and he didn't. He can decide whether he wants to leave the country."

Those were the only two alternatives to war offered by Bush, and neither was likely to occur, officials said. In a flash of frustration, Bush jumped in to field a question posed to Aznar about a new U.N. resolution. "We do have resolution," the president snapped. Punching the air with his fist, he referred to last fall's unanimous vote to disarm Iraq and said: "The United Nations Security Council looked at the issue four and a half months ago and voted unanimously to say, `Disarm immediately and unconditionally, and if you don't, there are going to be serious consequences.' The world has spoken, and it did in a unified voice."

Then he apologized to Aznar for answering the question. Later, Bush said the U.N. "didn't do its job" to stop bloodshed in Rwanda or Kosovo.