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To: HairBall who wrote (2952)	11/13/2002 12:34:10 PM
From: calgal	Respond to of 8683

Iraqis not told of U.N. decision 11/13/2002 URL:http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/world/stories/111302dnintbaghdadview.156f6a5.html Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's U.N. ambassador announced acceptance of a tough weapons inspections resolution to a waiting world Wednesday -- but his audience did not include Iraqis at home. Iraq's tightly controlled state media did not immediately report the announcement Iraqi Ambassador Mohammed Al-Douri made at the United Nations. While CNN carried Al-Douri live, Iraqi state television showed a travel documentary about Iraq. Even after the letter had been delivered, Iraqi television was only summarizing Tuesday's decision by the Iraqi parliament authorizing President Saddam Hussein to decide whether to accept the U.N. mandate. No mention was made that parliament recommended the resolution be rejected. Al-Douri told reporters he had delivered a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's office that said "Iraq will deal with Security Council resolution 1441 despite its bad contents." If Iraq fails to cooperate fully with inspectors, the United States and Britain have made clear they will attack the country. The official Iraqi media's reticence underlined deep Iraqi ambivalence about bowing to the U.N. Security Council resolution, which threatens Baghdad with "serious consequences" if it does not give U.N. inspectors full and free access to search for weapons of mass destruction. "It does not matter whether we reject or accept the U.N. resolution because the United States will attack Iraq anyway in the end," Baghdad construction worker Salman Mahmoud said Wednesday. Tuesday, Iraqi legislators voted unanimously to recommend that Hussein reject the resolution. But Hussein's son, Odai Saddam Hussein, who plays a prominent opinion-making role here, said Tuesday the resolution should be accepted, with the condition Arabs be included on the inspection teams. The Iraqi parliament vote, broadcast live on foreign Arabic satellite television, was seen as a message of defiance to the world, but by Wednesday it had still not been broadcast on Iraqi television. Satellite dishes are banned in Iraq. No newspapers reported parliament's rejection recommendation. The state-run Al-Iraq daily reported only that legislators had decided to "authorize President Saddam Hussein to adopt whatever he deems appropriate regarding U.N. resolution 1441." Earlier Wednesday, Russia, Iraq's main ally on the U.N. Security Council, urged Baghdad to accept the resolution. Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Fedotov said Iraq's "internal debates can probably be explained by the fact that the language of the resolution is certainly quite tough. "And so the emotions that the resolution may evoke in Iraqi society are in principle understandable. Nonetheless, we hope that the Iraqi leadership will take a pragmatic approach," Fedotov said in Moscow. Search DallasNews.com The Archives Archives: More information on this or other topics from The Dallas Morning News. Subscribe to The Dallas Morning News.