Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri has praised the United Nations Security Council for "thwarting" American attempts to use it as a cover to attack Iraq.
Mr Sabri was referring to the new UN resolution on Iraq which calls on Baghdad to give up its alleged weapons of mass destruction, but does not specify the automatic use of force if Iraq fails to comply.

Mr Sabri said the resolution showed that the international community did not share the "unlimited appetite of the evil American administration for aggression, killing and destruction".

"America's aggressive goal of using the Security Council as a cover for an aggression on Iraq was thwarted by the international community," he said.

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