Russia calls on UN to re-discuss Powell’s evidence to invade Iraq
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell holding a test tube in the UN Security Council to convince the world that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. Photo: The New York Times
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) –The Speaker of the Russian Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko, called for re-discussing the matter of ‘Colin Powell’s test tube’ that led to the invasion of Iraq in the United Nations, noting that this crime does not fall under the statute of limitations.
“I think it would be correct to bring up the outrageous lie that led to a terrible catastrophe for discussion very soon in the United Nations, where these events began to develop 20 years ago,” Matvienko wrote via Telegram.
“This crime has no statute of limitations. Therefore, it should remain in the memory of mankind. Our task is to do everything we can to prevent the erasure of truth about those events and those responsible for this tragedy,” Matvienko said.
“We should not allow those who made these decisions to escape the court of history,” Matvienko explained.
Matvienko indicated that the deliberate lie destroyed an independent state, and its ancient monuments, and caused the outbreak of a terrible humanitarian crisis in the region.
“I am sure that several countries have grounds to remind the world and the United Nations itself of what can happen when someone declares their exclusive rights, builds a unipolar system, brazenly interferes in the affairs of other countries, and trusts their complete impunity,” Matvienko added.
On February 5, 2003, U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell, announced in the UN Security Council that he received information confirming that the late Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, had the technology to produce biological weapons and showed a test tube with white powder.
Many of the participants in the Security Council’s session came to the conclusion that this powder is a sample substance used in weapons of mass destruction manufactured in Iraq.
On March 20, 2003, the United States invaded Iraq with no approval from the United Nations.
It later became clear that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) misled the U.S. authorities, and no biological weapons were found in Iraq. Powell said at the time that he had shown a fake test tube to convince the world of what Washington wanted.