Iraq Rejects US Accusations on Weapons of Mass Destruction

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Iraq Rejects US Accusations on Weapons of Mass Destruction

Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan on Wednesday strongly rejected the accusations made by U.S. President George W. Bush who claimed that Iraq has been seeking weapons of mass destruction.

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Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan on Wednesday strongly rejected the accusations made by U.S. President George W. Bush who claimed that Iraq has been seeking weapons of mass destruction.

"Bush's statement is stupid and improper ... to judge the behaviour or deportment of another country through guessing or imagination," Ramadan told reporters after attending a gathering commemorating the outbreak of the 1991 Gulf War.

Ramadan said that Bush tried to demonize Iraq by alleging that Iraq was trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction.

"However, we think that the U.S. and the Zionist entity (Israel) are the sources of evilness and aggression against Iraq, the Arab nation and the world," Ramadan said.

Ramadan's strong remarks followed Bush's first State of the Union address on Tuesday, in which he singled out Iraq, Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as pursuing weapons of mass destruction and vowed that the U.S. would not permit these countries to threaten it with such weapons.

"By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger," Bush said.

"Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror ... the Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax and nerve gas and nuclear weapons for over a decade," Bush said.

Bush has warned Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to allows United Nations arms inspectors back to his country or face the consequences.

U.N. arms inspectors have been barred from re-entering Iraq since the U.S.-British air strikes against Iraq in December 1998.

As to the planned visit to Iraq by U.N. human rights investigator Andreas Mavrommatis, Ramadan said that "we did not invite him. He wanted to visit Iraq and we accepted that," adding that "he can view and give his opinion as he likes."

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