Iraq accuses US of interfering with UN inspection

IRAQ yesterday said the United States was bent on interfering in newly-resumed UN weapons inspections to create a pretext for unleashing a new Gulf War.

"The United States is the only one which interprets the (Security Council) resolution in a way that suits its hostile intentions against Iraq and the Arab nation," said al-Thawra newspaper, organ of Iraq's ruling Baath Party.

"Thus it will continue to make threats and poke its nose into the work of the inspectors and will fabricate any event or issue to confuse their work or obstruct it, especially when the inspectors and the world realise that Iraq does not have weapons of mass destruction."