Powell Says Iraq Constitutes 'Material Breach' of 1441 Resolution

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Powell Says Iraq Constitutes 'Material Breach' of 1441 Resolution

US Secretary of State Colin Powell said that Iraq's failure to implement the UN Security Council resolution 1441 "constitutes a further material breach."

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US Secretary of State Colin Powell said that Iraq's failure to implement the UN Security Council resolution 1441 "constitutes a further material breach."

Powell also said that the United States will begin a new round of full and open consultation with its allies about next step.

"Iraq has failed the resolution's two tests -- to disclose and to cooperate -- in a manner that constitutes a further material breach of the resolution," Powell said in an article devoted to The Wall Street Journal, which was published Monday.

Last November, the UN Security Council passed the resolution 1441, demanding that Iraq disclose its weapons of mass destructionand cooperate with inspectors unconditionally.

The US secretary of state accused Iraq of responding to the resolution with "empty claims, empty declarations and empty gestures."

"The Iraqi regime is going to great lengths to conceal its weapons of mass destruction. It has removed material from sites it knew were likely to be inspected. The (Iraqi) regime also has an active program of coaching scientists before they talks to inspectors and only permits interview when minders are present," Powell said.

On Wednesday, Powell will go to New York as scheduled to make the case to disarm Iraqi President Saddam Hussein before the UN Security Council.

"I will present to the Security Council US intelligence showingfurther evidence of Iraq's pattern of deception," he said, adding that "our evidence will reinforce what the inspectors told the Security Council last week."

Last week, UN Chief weapons inspector Hans Blix told the Security Council that "Iraq appears not to have come to a genuine acceptance, not even today, of the disbarment that was demanded ofit."

Powell also noted that his country will work with its allies tobridge their differences over how to proceed with Iraq.

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