Iraq seeks allies at summit of developing nations

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Iraq sought allies among developing nations today, joining a chorus of protests at the Non-Aligned Movement summit here over charges that the United States is seeking world domination.

Presenting his country's case at the meeting of 116 of the world's poorer nations, Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said the US had accused Iraq of possessing weapons of mass destruction "without any evidence".

Ramadan attacked the US for "seeking world domination and a policy of using force against Iraq, using all the means of coercion and persecution at their disposal to impose their rule over the country."

Using phrases which have resonated through a summit attended by leaders of militarily weak and economically struggling countries, he condemned "the phenomenon of unipolar politics".

He said the o­ne superpower "seeks to dominate the world o­n the political and economic levels and to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries through force and aggression".

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