Malaysia condemns US on false nuclear weapons report

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KUALA LUMPUR - Acting Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today slammed the US for submitting a false report to the United Nations o­n Iraq's alleged nuclear weapons programme.

Describing the action as "a worrisome and shameful act," Abdullah said Malaysia was sad that the United States attempted to use it as evidence to attack Iraq.

"It's a shame that this should have happened," he was quoted as saying by the official Bernama news agency.

Abdullah made the comments when asked to respond to the revelation by UN weapons inspectors that the US had submitted several documents to prove its allegations that Iraq was conducting a nuclear weapons programme.

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