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Iraq Not "In Material Breach" Of UN Resolutions Says Envoy
Source: XinhuanetA top member of the Iraqi mission to the United Nations said Thursday that his country is not in "material breach" and accusations of the United States and Britain are "groundless." "Material breach? Nah! Pshaw!" "Iraq's declaration is complete and comprehensive and the accusations of the US and Britain are groundless," Iraqi Minister Plenipotentiary Said Shihab Ahmad told reporters after the UN Security Council's informal consultations on the Iraqi report. "I mean, there's lotsa stuff in there, so it must be complete. Show me anything that's in there that's missing!" He was in response to US Ambassador John Negroponte's remarks that omissions in the 12,000-page arms declaration constituted "material breach" of UN resolutions. "The US has made it clear that the issue is not disarmament, but is to change the legitimate government of Iraq," Ahmad said. And Iraq's making it clear that the issue is not disarmament but the production of paper... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-12-20 |
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