KL condemns U.S. over false report

KL condemns U.S. over false report

MALAYSIA: Malaysian acting prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi slammed the U.S. on Sunday for submitting a false report to the United Nations on Iraq's alleged nuclear weapons program.

Describing the action as "a worrisome and shameful act", Abdullah said Malaysia was sad that the United States had attempted to use it as evidence to attack Iraq.

Abdullah made the comments when asked to respond to the revelation by UN weapons inspectors that the U.S. had submitted fraudulent documents to prove its allegations that Iraq was conducting a nuclear weapons program.

Such actions would spark anger among the world community, he warned.

On the question of possible Iraqi uranium imports from Niger, the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei said on Friday his agency had determined that documents said by the United States and Britain to support the allegations were fraudulent. --AFP