One day after Iraq's parliament rejected the terms of the Security Council resolution calling for resumed weapons inspections, a letter from Iraqi foreign minister Naji Sabri agreeing to the demands was delivered to the United Nations. The letter was somewhat hostile, referring to the Americans and the British as a "gang of evil," and it declared that the Security Council "has now been transformed into a kitchen house for big power bargaining, providing cover for war, destruction, blockades, and starvation to be inflicted on peoples." The letter also contained the following proverb: "He who remains silent in the defense of truth is a dumb devil." Al-Jazeera television received a new audiotape from
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One day after Iraq's parliament rejected the terms of the Security Council resolution calling for resumed weapons inspections, a letter from Iraqi foreign minister Naji Sabri agreeing to the demands was delivered to the United Nations. The letter was somewhat hostile, referring to the Americans and the British as a "gang of evil," and it declared that the Security Council "has now been transformed into a kitchen house for big power bargaining, providing cover for war, destruction, blockades, and starvation to be inflicted on peoples." The letter also contained the following proverb: "He who remains silent in the defense of truth is a dumb devil." Al-Jazeera television received a new audiotape from