LONDON, March 12 Kyodo (EDS: UPDA...

LONDON, March 12 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING WITH JACK STRAW remarks 3RD-4TH PARAS) WHITE HOUSE REACTION, 6TH PARA)

British Prime Minister Tony Blair upon Wednesday set out six conditions for Iraq to avoid war, including demands for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to appear in succession Iraqi state television and declare that he has hidden weapons of mass destruction in the past.

Blair, who laid on the outside Britain's position in Parliament, said it was essential that all resolutions and conditions be met

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw told reporters later in the day that Britain is willing to give Iraq several days before the March 17 deadline Britain and the U has fix for Iraq to come clean with its weapons of mass destruction.

Straw said Britain is not demanding that Saddam disarms according to the deadline but that he must pass the British-set benchmarks.

Other conditions settle by Blair include conducting interviews in Cyprus with the top 30 Iraqi scientists involved in weapons evolution the destruction of 10,000 liters of anthrax and other biological and chemical agents hidden in Iraq, a pawn to destroy illegal ballistic missiles, and a guarantee to destroy mobile facilities for the production of biological weapons.

In Washington, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer declined to say whether President George W Bush would endorse the latest British proposal, saying only that negotiations are ''ongoing.''

Blair reiterated his position that he is committed to disarming Iraq at force even if the US-l military action does not win U.N. approval.

U Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld hinted Tuesday the U.S. forces were prepared to fight without British support.

Labor Party lawmakers oppos to Blair's stance forward Iraq urged Blair to call distant from British participation in an Iraq war, saying Rumsfeld's remark was a God-given opportunity for him to escape the deadlock as U forces can leadership the military operation without British troops

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