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Article: POLITICS: U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL SPLIT ON MEANING OF IRAQ VOTE

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November 9, 2002
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UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 8 (IPS) -- Despite unanimously supporting a U.S. resolution on arms inspections in Iraq, permanent members of the United Nations Security Council still appeared split today on the possible outcomes of the move. The 15-0 vote ended more than seven weeks of closed-door negotiations, diplomatic arm-twisting and implicit threats of unilateral military action against the government of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Russia and France, which along with the United States, China and Britain are permanent Security Council members with power to veto votes, had been holding out support for the resolution fearing that it gave President George W. Bush automatic ...

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