Although Prime Minister Sharon told Washington officials last week that postponing their attack on Iraq would give Saddam Hussein time to speed up his non-conventional weapons program, he clarified today that he was not "pushing" the U.S. to speed up its assault. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres also gave a weekend push for advancing the attack on Iraq while speaking on CNN two days ago. He said that operation would be "quite dangerous," but "postponing it would be more dangerous." U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice had said earlier that there was no choice but to take action against Saddam.