By empty (9/7/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
State Duma Speaker Gennadii Seleznev told journalists in Moscow that the Duma opposes any military operation against Iraq. "The United States and Great Britain do not understand that Iraq is not Afghanistan and that plans for a U.S.
State Duma Speaker Gennadii Seleznev told journalists in Moscow that the Duma opposes any military operation against Iraq. "The United States and Great Britain do not understand that Iraq is not Afghanistan and that plans for a U.S. military operation against [Iraqi President] Saddam Hussein are not supported by the Islamic world, by Europe, or even by NATO," Seleznev said. (RIA-Novosti)