Iraq refuses UNMOVIC, calls for lifting sanctions

Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadhan said Wednesday that the new weapons inspection commission created by UN Security Council 1284, UNMOVIC (the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission), will not be allowed into Iraq and that only unconditional lifting of UN economic sanctions from Iraq and condemnation of US attacks and holding the US accountable for the results of these attacks could be addressed at the Security Council, Iraqi News Agency reported.