Word: triggered
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...response might not be immediate - nor especially dramatic. While some media outlets in search of cliffhangers and Washington hawks looking to get the war started have suggested that an Iraqi declaration deemed false by Washington - such as proclaiming itself free of prohibited weapons - would in itself constitute a trigger for war, the reality is more complex. Efforts to build a coalition to attack Iraq have underscored the centrality of the UN disarmament process as the basis for such a war - allied support for an invasion, even from Britain, is heavily dependent on Iraq being shown to be in violation...
...That's why a declaration deemed false by the U.S. and Britain won't be taken as a "trigger" for war, although it will help make an incontrovertible case for invasion if inspectors turn up evidence of Iraq lying. Although the Bush administration insists that the onus is on Iraq to prove that it has disarmed, once Iraq has made its declaration the onus will fall onto the U.S. and Britain to prove Baghdad is lying by pointing arms inspectors to evidence that would confirm Washington's charges...
...most of the Security Council and the wider international community, the only trigger for military action is Iraqi non-compliance with the inspection regime, or discovery of undeclared weapons programs. Now that Iraq's initial response to the return of the inspectors appears to be one of cooperation and compliance, the focus shifts to the question of discovery. A crucial test begins this weekend when Iraq is required to hand over a complete inventory of all existing weapons of mass destruction, all programs for their development and all facilities where substances used for harmless industrial purposes could also be used...
...model that is highly susceptible to static or buzzing from baby monitors, wireless speaker systems and your neighbors' 900-MHz phones. The newer 2.4-GHz units, introduced as an improvement over the 900-MHz models, do get less static, but wireless home networks and microwave ovens can still trigger a snap-crackle-pop effect...
...with plans to test a more refined vaccine that may be available in five years. (Other groups are pursuing similar strategies.) Such a vaccine would protect against the two main cancer-causing strains of HPV as well as HPV-6 and HPV-11, which are not malignant but do trigger genital warts. It would be impractical to develop a vaccine against all 100 HPV strains, since so many are harmless. The types that cause garden-variety warts on the hands and feet are perhaps the most familiar to people and are not contracted sexually...