Letter: Strike on Iraq

ROBIN COOK's article contains a breathtaking assertion: that "the stability of the entire region is at risk" from Saddam Hussein. I doubt it; but it certainly would be if the knee-jerk boys in the US get their way and Saddam is toppled. There would be an unholy battle over the corpse of Iraq with Islamic fundamentalists, Sunnis, the Shias and the Kurds bidding for support. Talk about the mother of all wars...

KEN CLARK

Bedford