Iraq's parliament reconvenes on Tuesday to vote on a motion to reject a new U.N. resolution on disarmament, but the assembly speaker said deputies would leave the final say to President Saddam Hussein. Deputies gathered in emergency session on Monday to hear speaker Saadoun Hammadi denounce the tough U.N. text as a violation of Iraqi sovereignty and a "preamble for war".

The 250-seat parliament met for three hours on Monday as U.S. President George W. Bush made clear he would use the full force of U.S. military might to make Iraq comply.

The assembly adjourned until 10:00 a.m. (0700 GMT) on Tuesday when it will resume the debate on the resolution passed unanimously by the U.N. Security Council last week demanding Baghdad disarm or face possible military action.

"This U.N. resolution looks for a pretext (for war) and not for a comprehensive solution. It seeks to create crises rather than cooperation and paves the way for aggression rather than peace," Hammadi said in opening the assembly.

Hammadi did not say if voting would take place on Tuesday but the final decision rests with the Revolutionary Command Council, Iraq's highest authority, which is led by Saddam.

All key decisions in Iraq are taken by Saddam and nothing parliament decides is likely to be more than an orchestrated show of defiance, analysts said.

Iraq has until Friday to accept the terms of the resolution demanding Baghdad allow U.N. arms experts unhindered access to any site suspected of producing chemical, biological or nuclear weapons or face "serious consequences".

The resolution also gives U.N. arms experts sweeping new rights and Iraq 30 days to submit a detailed list of its weapons.

BUSH: 'DISARMING IRAQ PART OF US WAR AGAINST TERROR

"The dictator of Iraq will fully disarm, or the United States will lead a coalition and disarm him," Bush said at a U.S. Veterans' Day ceremony.

Bush described the disarmament campaign against Iraq as part of the U.S. war on terrorism launched after the hijacked airliner attacks on the United States on September 11 last year.

"Should military action become necessary for our own security, I will commit the full force and might of the United States military, and we will prevail," Bush said.

U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said Bush reserved the right to use force without Security Council approval if Iraq violated the resolution. But Washington would initially discuss with the Council the consequences of a breach.

The resolution gives the Council a key role before any possible attack, but does not force Washington to seek authorisation for war.

But Iraq's official and state-controlled media, which have denounced the resolution, claimed Iraqi lobbying of Security Council members denied Washington the right to attack Iraq.

U.N. WEAPONS INSPECTORS ON STANDBY

Disarmament inspections first started after Iraqi forces were expelled from neighbouring Kuwait by a U.S.-led coalition in the 1991 Gulf War. Inspectors withdrew in 1998 in a wrangle over access to Saddam's palaces.

U.N. officials said on Monday an advance team of arms inspectors and technicians would leave for Cyprus late on Friday if Iraq accepted the resolution.

The team, armed with a list of 100 priority sites, would then aim to arrive in Baghdad on November 18, they said.

In Baghdad, the head of the Iraqi parliament's Arab and international relations committee, Salim al-Kubaisi, told the assembly the committee recommended rejection of the resolution.

Oil prices climbed on Monday on market fears Iraq might reject the U.N. text.

Russia, which with France and China fought for amendments to an original U.S. draft resolution, said it hoped Iraq would comply, saying it was a chance to avoid military action.

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder counselled Iraq to adhere to the resolution "letter by letter" but again said German troops would not take part in U.S.-led attacks if Baghdad refused.

The U.S. military said American and British warplanes bombed anti-aircraft missile sites on Sunday in the "no-fly zone" enforced by Washington and London in southern Iraq -- the first such action since the U.N. resolution was passed.

In Baghdad, an Iraqi military spokesman said civilian and service facilities had been attacked.

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Members of Iraq's parliament attend a session in Baghdad on November 11 to debate a response to the latest U.N. resolution. REUTERS/Faleh Kheiber