The United Nations Security Council continues to weigh a second resolution that would pave the way to military action against Iraq. Experts assess the developments and what the options are for the United States should the resolution not pass.

Bush administration officials signaled Thursday that the U.S. may allow more time for debate over a United Nations Security Council resolution authorizing military force in Iraq -- or may drop plans to bring the resolution to a vote at all.

Barham Salih, the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan -- one of the two political parties that controls Kurdish northern Iraq -- discusses what an ouster of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein could mean for the future of his people.