Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan (L) talks to reporters in Baghdad September 22. Ramadan accused the U.N. Security Council of acting as a tool of the United States and Britain, but said Iraq was awaiting the outcome of expected talks in New York between Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Iraq's latest stand-off with the world body over weapons inspections and trade sanctions.

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