Iraq has womd, the US supplied them when they were in war against Iran. Remember that Iraq has always been allied with the west until relatively recently, look at the way Gough the Great fawned over them.
I think on some points that Saddam has won, maybe only in his mind, he has the world if not exactly trembling certainly the centre of significant concern and debate. Few leaders can precipitate such enormous military mobilisation.
All hell will not break loose and therefore the price of gold will not rise. Bad luck esp to Newmount!
ACturtle, the speed at which the Indonesian caught the bali bombers was probably entirely due to the australian forensic and police work, fanned on by the embarrassment of the rest of the world looking on. This is the same police force that couldnt find Soehartos' crooked kids who were ostensibly living the life of riley in Jakarta.
