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Pastimes : GET THE U.S. OUT of The U.N NOW! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: calgal who wrote (308)	9/21/2002 6:56:59 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Respond to of 411

"Iraq announces that it will not cooperate with a new resolution which is different from what has been agreed upon with the (U.N.) Secretary-General," said a statement issued following a meeting of top Iraqi leaders chaired by President Saddam Hussein ( news - web sites). The statement carried by state-run Baghdad radio gave no details of the agreement Iraq had reached with Annan. The United States and Britain have stepped up pressure on the Security Council to adopt a tough new Iraq resolution before any resumption of U.N. arms inspections to search for weapons of mass destruction. British U.N. Ambassador Sir Jeremy Greenstock met the 10 non-permanent members of the 15-nation Security Council on Friday to lobby for a new resolution demanding unfettered access for the arms experts and spelling out the consequences if Baghdad failed to cooperate with the inspection teams. Washington has threatened Baghdad with military action if it does not allow the unconditional return of the inspectors. The Iraqi statement said the Iraqi move was in reaction to attempts by "American officials who are trying to issue bad resolutions through the U.N. Security Council." Iraq agreed this week to the unconditional return of the U.N. arms inspectors, who left in December 1998, just before a U.S.-British bombing blitz to punish Baghdad for its alleged failure to cooperate with them. Russia and France, both permanent members of the U.N. Security Council with veto powers, have expressed doubt about the need for a new resolution, complicating President Bush ( news - web sites)'s desire for quick action against Baghdad. U.N. weapons inspectors and Iraq's top arms experts met briefly this week in New York to discuss logistics on offices, flights, escorts and other planning. Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix said on Thursday his first teams could be on the ground by October 15 and begin some test inspections soon afterwards. Baghdad radio said Saturday's meeting was attended by Iraqi officials including Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz, Revolutionary Command Council member Ali Hassan al-Majeed and Foreign Minister Naji Sabri. It said Sabri briefed the others on his participation at the U.N. General Assembly meetings. Sabri delivered a speech by Saddam to the assembly in which he declared Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction and accused the United States of fabricating excuses to attack his country. story.news.yahoo.com