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3 security not convinced Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/358/nation/3_on_Security_Council_unconvinced_on_attacking_Iraq+.shtml http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/358/nation/3_on_Security_Council_unconvinced_on_attacking_Iraq+.shtml 3 on Security Council unconvinced on attacking Iraq By John Daniszewski and Sebastian Rotella, Los Angeles Times, 12/24/2002 MOSCOW - Three key members of the UN Security Council - Russia, France, and China - say they are not yet convinced that an Iraqi declaration this month failed to fully disclose any weapons of mass destruction, an indication that the United States might face an uphill battle building the case for war against Baghdad. The wait-and-see positions taken by the countries, all veto-holding permanent members of the Security Council, contrast sharply with President Bush's assertion last week that the 12,000-page weapons declaration from Iraq was ''a long way'' from meeting the Iraqi regime's obligations. Last Thursday, the US ambassador to the United Nations, John Negroponte, labeled Iraq's omissions ''another material breach'' of UN resolutions, but stopped short of declaring it a trigger for war. Britain has also been sharply critical of Iraq's performance, but has so far not declared it a breach of the resolution. While not endorsing the Iraqi report, the three other permanent members of the council are taking a more restrained view, and accentuating Iraq's cooperative attitude toward UN weapons inspectors who have been on the ground for the past month. Speaking at a news conference yesterday in Moscow, Foreign Minister Ivan Ivanov of Russia seemed to rule out any attack based on the Iraqi regime's behavior so far. ''Any action outside the framework of Resolution 1441 ... can do nothing but complicate the regional security situation,'' Ivanov said. A final report of the weapons inspectors is due Jan. 27, which is emerging as the key date in deciding whether to launch a US-led military attack on the regime of Saddam Hussein in order to force Iraqi compliance. This story ran on page A12 of the Boston Globe on 12/24/2002. © Copyright 2002 Globe Newspaper Company.

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