Iraq Lodges Complaint Against U.N.

Published November 24, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Iraq's foreign minister writes a letter to the United Nations complaining about the Security Council's resolution on disarmament, calling it a pretext for the United States to wage war on Iraq. NPR News reports.

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