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To: jeer who wrote (29608)	12/17/1998 12:29:00 AM
From: Tim Luke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 119973

first russia....now china Wednesday December 16, 11:36 pm Eastern Time FOCUS-Shocked China tells US to stop Iraq attack (Adds comments from Vice President and foreign ministry) BEIJING, Dec 17 (Reuters) - China on Thursday demanded the United States immediately halt air strikes against Iraq, saying the military action had been taken without U.N. Security Council approval. ''We urge the United States to immediately stop its military action towards Iraq,'' Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi told reporters. ''We are shocked,'' he said. ''The United States has not received permission from the U.N. Security Council and took unilateral action in using force against Iraq, violating the U.N. charter and international principles,'' he said. China is one of five permanent members of the council along with the United States, Russia, Britain and France. ''China supports peaceful resolution of international disputes and opposes the use of force in international relations,'' Sun said. In Hanoi, Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao expressed similar sentiments. ''We were shocked by the military action taken by the United States in Iraq,'' Hu told Reuters in the Vietnamese capital, where he has been attending a summit of the Association of South East Asian Nations. Speaking before the U.S. and British air strikes on Iraq, China's permanent representative to the United Nations Qin Huasun said: ''There is absolutely no excuse or pretext to use force against Iraq.'' Qin was quoted as saying the use of force ''will not only have serious consequences for the implementation of the Security Council resolutions, but also pose a threat to international peace as well as regional security.'' He said disputes between the U.N. Special Commission (UNSCOM) and Iraq could be resolved through dialogue and consultations. UNSCOM, which is in charge of dismantling Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, should have consulted with the U.N. Security Council before it withdrew its arms inspectors from Iraq, Qin said. He said council members were disappointed with UNSCOM's report which is ''apparently one-sided and does not reflect the complete picture on the ground.'' The United States and Britain launched ''strong, sustained'' air strikes against Iraq on Wednesday after deciding President Saddam Hussein would never cooperate with U.N. inspections. UNSCOM withdrew its inspectors from Iraq earlier on Wednesday after Washington advised chief weapons inspector Richard Butler to do so. UNSCOM said on Tuesday Baghdad was not cooperating with its inspections. U.S. President Bill Clinton said the U.S. and British strikes were aimed at military and security targets in Iraq. ..................................................................... whats next wwIII