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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (56566)	11/11/2002 12:55:15 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Iraq Committee Recommends Rejection of UN Text BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The head of an Iraqi parliamentary committee on Monday recommended that the assembly reject a tough new U.N. resolution demanding that Iraq disarm. "The committee recommends the following: the rejection of the Security Council resolution 1441 and not to approve it in accordance with the opinion of our people who put confidence in their representatives," Salim al-Kubaisi, head of the Arab and international relations committee told parliament. He also recommended the parliament refer the final decision to the Revolutionary Command Council which is led by President Saddam Hussein "to take the appropriate decision to defend the people of Iraq, their independence and dignity." Iraq called the emergency parliamentary session to debate its response to the U.N. resolution. The debate continued after Kubaisi's statement and it was not clear when it would take a vote. Deputy after deputy denounced the resolution. Parliamentary speaker Saadoun Hammadi called it "provocative, deceitful and a preamble for war." reuters.com Hard to tell whether it was the entire committee which recommended rejecting the resolution, or just the head of the committee denouncing it. Punting the decision to the Revolutionary Command Council seems like a smart idea to me.