Iraq accuses UN on disarmament

Baghdad - Iraq accused the UN of double standards yesterday for its muted response to nuclear tests by India and Pakistan after…

Baghdad - Iraq accused the UN of double standards yesterday for its muted response to nuclear tests by India and Pakistan after it "threatened war" in a row over Iraqi disarmament.

The Culture and Information Minister, Mr Humam Abdul-Khaleq Abdul-Ghafur, said the UN's relatively low-key response showed the "selective, biased and oppressive way which the Security Council is dealing with Iraq".

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