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http://top.rbc.ru/english/index.shtml?/news/english/2003/03/17/17210311_bod.shtml RBC.ru (Russia) March 18, 2003 Political scientists move to protect Iraq from Kremlin -According to the authors of the anti-war declaration, the United States is initiating a regional armed conflict that will have negative consequences for the entire world, including Russia. -“Today, there is no crisis of international law, but there is a lack of goodwill in implementing laws, and also legal nihilism, which has been increasingly practiced by the US administration recently.” -Saddam Hussein’s political regime “cannot be used as justification for such actions against Iraq that break a decades-old system of norms and principles of inter-governmental relations and send the world back to barbarism, with its tendency to solve problems by force”. -"A war in Iraq....is a manifestation by the US of its messianic role, the demonstration of a new world order in action.” [A] War in Iraq...is fraught with a new wave of regional conflicts, the prospect of new wars and lowering the nuclear threshold, which could bring the world to the brink of a third world war. Nineteen leading political scientists of Russia adopted a joint statement calling on the Kremlin to do everything possible to avoid a war in Iraq, including the use of its veto powers at the UN Security Council. In fact, the scientists accused the Kremlin of playing a double game and attempting to negotiate significant economic concessions from the US in return for loyalty on the Iraq issue. There are well-informed and influential analysts among the authors of this document, which adds weight to it. This statement takes on added significance in light of reports about consultations on Iraq that the head of the presidential administration, Alexander Voloshin, held with his American counterparts. Vyacheslav Nikonov of the Politika Foundation, known for his close ties with Russian authorities, has said recently that Russia should not use its veto power on the new Iraq resolution at the UN Security Council. For their part, Mr. Nikonov’s opponents believe that Russia should support the Franco-German boycott of America to the end and under no circumstances should it help Washington get UN authorization for use of force against Iraq. According to the authors of the anti-war declaration, the United States is initiating a regional armed conflict that will have negative consequences for the entire world, including Russia. In their statement, the scientists pointed out that the UN Security Council was the only body empowered to decide whether there was a threat to global security and what measures should be taken by the international community to solve the problem. “Today, there is no crisis of international law, but there is a lack of goodwill in implementing laws, and also legal nihilism, which has been increasingly practiced by the US administration recently,” it is said in the statement. According to the document, Saddam Hussein’s political regime “cannot be used as justification for such actions against Iraq that break a decades-old system of norms and principles of inter-governmental relations and send the world back to barbarism, with its tendency to solve problems by force”. “A war in Iraq, which is being launched by George W. Bush’s administration, in defiance of the position adopted by most members of the international community, including even some traditional US allies in NATO, is a manifestation by the US of its messianic role, the demonstration of a new world order in action,” the statement says. It is clear that a war in Iraq will lead to negative consequences, global and irreversible, of which the most dangerous will be a deepening of the conflict between the Christian and Muslim worlds. This is fraught with a new wave of regional conflicts, the prospect of new wars and lowering the nuclear threshold, which could bring the world to the brink of a third world war. Russian public figures who signed the statement also appealed to the Russian government “to hold the American administration back from the fateful decision”. It is only this position that will provide a chance to maintain a Russian-US partnership, which should serve the cause of strengthening global peace and international security. “We hope that, at this critical moment, Russian authorities will be able to recognize their historic mission and make a choice in favor of the strategic interests and values of the Russian society and state, and do all they can to avert the war,” it is stressed in the document. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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