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Nations in the so-called coalition of the willing, have bluntly rejected the&amp;nbsp;demand which requested&amp;nbsp;that Iraqi assets be frozen and records within the embassies not be&amp;nbsp;destroyed. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>The US move has been greeted with&amp;nbsp;a large degree of vocal skepticism&amp;nbsp;in many countries.<SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp; </SPAN>Even Portugal,&amp;nbsp;a country along with Spain that strongly&amp;nbsp;supports the war on an official level, rejected the </SPAN><SPAN dir=rtl style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>communique</SPAN><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>. Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso&amp;nbsp;was quoted&amp;nbsp;as saying, &quot;we do</SPAN><SPAN dir=rtl></SPAN><SPAN dir=rtl style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;><SPAN dir=rtl></SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>not intend to close Iraq's embassy nor are there any motives to expel Iraqi</SPAN><SPAN dir=rtl></SPAN><SPAN dir=rtl style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;><SPAN dir=rtl></SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>diplomats.&quot;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>Russia described the US missive as “strange” and suggested it was part of Washington’s strategy to disturb the existing oil contracts between Iraq and non-US companies.</SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;></SPAN>&amp;nbsp;</P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov was quoted by agencies as saying “we will have to defend our interests so that the contracts</SPAN><SPAN dir=rtl></SPAN><SPAN lang=AR-SA dir=rtl style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;><SPAN dir=rtl></SPAN><SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>which were signed under Saddam Hussein are not annulled lacking </SPAN><SPAN dir=rtl></SPAN><SPAN lang=AR-SA dir=rtl style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;><SPAN dir=rtl></SPAN><SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>legal force and to make sure the Iraqi debt owed us is</SPAN><SPAN dir=rtl></SPAN><SPAN lang=AR-SA dir=rtl style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;><SPAN dir=rtl></SPAN><SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>respected.” Iraq owes Moscow around $ 7 billion US dollars in debts. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>“What threat could the diplomats present in Russia pose for US security?” Ivanov asked.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The Foreign Minister sees<SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp;</SPAN>the demand to expel Iraqi diplomats and seize the embassies as&amp;nbsp;part of a more&amp;nbsp;intelligent strategy.<SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;></SPAN></SPAN>&amp;nbsp;</P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;></SPAN>Interpreted, what the US is saying, is that “everything before today was illegal, all contracts signed before are illegal and that legality begins with the arrival of a new administration even if it is a temporary one”.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN dir=rtl></SPAN><SPAN lang=AR-SA dir=rtl style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<SPAN dir=rtl></SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>Russian oil companies have sizeable investments in Iraqi oil companies. The biggest of them, held by Lukoil for the development of the West Qurna 2 field was rescinded by Baghdad a few months back.<SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp; </SPAN>There are several other deals, though minor in comparison which&amp;nbsp;are still&amp;nbsp;valid.<SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp; </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>The Russians say there are many in the US who after bombing Iraq would like to profit from its resources, despite the US Administration's rhetoric that the Iraqi resources belong to the Iraqi people.<SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;></SPAN></SPAN>&amp;nbsp;</P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;></SPAN>The Moscow-based news agency Pravda has accused Washington of seizing $1,740,000,000 worth of Iraqi assets held</SPAN><SPAN dir=rtl></SPAN><SPAN dir=rtl style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;><SPAN dir=rtl></SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>across 18 banks in the US, under the guise of using it for the reconstruction of Iraq. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>Of the 60 countries that were approached by the US,<SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp; </SPAN>those&amp;nbsp;who responded positively&amp;nbsp;were the governments of the Czech republic, Australia, Finland, the Philippines and Sweden.<SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp; </SPAN>Australia's&amp;nbsp;government says that the expulsion of staff from the Iraqi embassy would contribute to the security</SPAN><SPAN dir=rtl></SPAN><SPAN dir=rtl style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;><SPAN dir=rtl></SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>of Australia and Australian forces fighting in Iraq. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US&quot;>Egypt has&amp;nbsp;brushed the order aside -&amp;nbsp;the expulsion of Iraqi diplomats is not under consideration.<SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp; </SPAN>Similarly Lebanon turned down the US communiqu!˜nd said it would not freeze Iraqi assets amounting to $1 billion.<SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp; </SPAN>Iran too&amp;nbsp;has stated&amp;nbsp;its policy is independent of Washington’s.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>In South&amp;nbsp;East Asia, Thailand, an ally on&amp;nbsp;Washington's war on terrorism, bluntly rejected&amp;nbsp;the latest&amp;nbsp;demand.&amp;nbsp; A spokesman expressing confusion said, “</SPAN><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US&quot;>If the US requests that, we have to consider it. But, how can assets of the embassy of Iraq be seized? It's not legal, we have </SPAN><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US&quot;>relations with it.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US&quot;>Muslim-majority countries,&amp;nbsp;Indonesia and Malaysia&amp;nbsp;have also&amp;nbsp;sounded their skepticism. </SPAN><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US&quot;>Indonesian Vice-President Hamzah Haz said, “the US can’t dictate to other countries. 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