Chapter 1118 The test tube contains laundry detergent

February 5, 2003.

The United Nations Security Council is in session.

The United Nations Security Council, referred to as the UN Security Council or the Security Council, is one of the six main organs of the United Nations. Its organizational form allows it to work continuously, and each member of the Security Council must always have a representative stationed at the United Nations headquarters.

At the same time, the United Nations Security Council is also the only United Nations body with the power to take military action!

On April 25, 1945, representatives from 50 countries convened the United Nations International Organization Conference in San Francisco, USA. On June 26 of the same year, representatives of 50 countries signed the United Nations Charter in San Francisco, USA. On October 24 of the same year, the Charter came into effect, and since then, the United Nations has been formally established as an entity organization.

The United Nations Charter stipulates the establishment of six main United Nations organs, namely the United Nations General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the Secretariat and the International Court of Justice.

The United Nations Charter gives the Security Council the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, and the Security Council can hold meetings when peace is threatened.

According to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Security Council is responsible for maintaining international peace and security and is the only UN body with the power to take coercive action, of which the five permanent members have a veto.

This meeting was held because the United States hoped to obtain authorization from the United Nations to allow the joint forces led by the US military to launch the Iraq War.

The reason given by the United States was that Iraq had violated the agreement signed in the Gulf War, developed weapons of mass destruction, and possessed weapons of mass destruction.

US Secretary of State Powell took out a test tube containing white powder for display. He told the representatives of various countries present at the conference that this was the chemical weapon of mass destruction developed by Iraq, and the bottle contained the "evidence" that the US military had risked their lives to obtain.

The United States requested the United Nations to approve the United States to send troops to Iraq to search and deal with the matter.

To say that it was going to Iraq to search and deal with the matter was actually to launch the Iraq War.

Unfortunately, this time, in the voting process, only the United States and the United Kingdom voted in favor, and the other three permanent members voted against.

The five permanent members of the Security Council have a veto. If only one permanent member vetoes, the resolution cannot be passed, not to mention three permanent members vetoing.

France is resentful of the United States for interfering in Africa, which has caused France to lose its interests in the whole of Africa, not to mention the Kosovo War, where France and other European countries were badly cheated.

France, Germany and other European countries strongly oppose the US attack on Iraq, and the two sides have now fallen out.

Just two days ago, France and Germany, regardless of the opposition of their US and British allies, withdrew the French and German troops participating in the Afghan War from Afghanistan and entered Pakistan, and officially announced that they would not send troops to Afghanistan again.

At this time, there are 4,500 French troops and 4,000 German troops in Afghanistan. In the past year and a half of the Afghan War, 882 French soldiers were killed and 2,774 were injured; 579 German soldiers were killed and 1,736 were injured.

This time, France and Germany withdrew their troops from Afghanistan without handing over to the coalition forces. They directly withdrew from the barracks, and even left all their weapons, equipment, ammunition, and supplies. The French and German troops quickly withdrew from Afghanistan, and as soon as the French and German troops left, the barracks and cities were immediately occupied by guerrillas, and the weapons, equipment, and supplies were all taken by the guerrillas.

At the Security Council, France voted against it without hesitation.

Russia has had a lot of dirty things with the United States during this period. Originally, Russia had shown goodwill, but did not get the expected benefits, which made Russia very dissatisfied, and it also voted against it this time.

Although the United States launched the Iraq War, which would raise international crude oil and natural gas prices and help Russia obtain more income from oil and natural gas exports, once the United States controls Iraq, the United States' voice in the entire Middle East will increase greatly. Relying on Iraq's oil, the United States' voice in world energy will increase greatly, and even expand step by step in the future. The United States will control the entire Middle East and master the world's energy center. At that time, everyone will have to look at the face of the United States.

Therefore, Russia also voted against it.

The US attempt was shattered.

The Iraqi representative made a clear promise to the world that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction, and Iraq welcomed the United Nations to send people to Iraq for verification.

The Iraqi representative also exposed the US ambitions. The US wanted to achieve geopolitical interests through anti-terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, control Iraq's oil and natural gas, and aim for hegemony.

"That is not a chemical weapon at all. Maybe it is filled with laundry detergent." The Iraqi representative said: "If it is a chemical weapon, who dares to take it without gloves?"

Soon, the news of the Security Council spread all over the world.

Everyone questioned what was in the test tube that Powell took out at the United Nations.

Everyone agreed that it was laundry detergent, because chemical weapons could not be so casually placed in a glass test tube.

And Powell took out the test tube with his bare hands without gloves, which was a great risk of infection. Powell could not have been unaware of this. And once the test tube fell to the ground and the chemical weapons evaporated, everyone in the conference room might not be able to escape death.

When the reporter stopped Powell and questioned whether the contents of the test tube Powell took out were laundry detergent, he thought that it should be taken out and handed over to a third-party agency for inspection.

Powell was furious, scolded the reporter, and walked away.

All of a sudden, everyone thought that Powell was simply cheating.

This not only made Powell a laughing stock in the world, but also further damaged the image of the United States.

Who is Powell?

This is a famous big shot. He has participated in many major US military decisions, such as the invasion of Grenada, the air strike on Libya, the formulation of the "Star Wars Plan", the invasion of Panama, the Gulf War, etc.

Everyone believes that Powell did this to find a reason for the United States to launch an invasion of Iraq.

Saddam even held a press conference in Iraq, denying that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and mocked Powell and the United States for their despicable means, and said that Iraq would never succumb to hegemony. As long as someone dared to invade Iraq, the Iraqi people would oppose it to the end.

By now, Saddam had no hope for peace. He knew that all kinds of intelligence showed that the Americans were determined to attack Iraq.

Saddam had ordered the Iraqi army to further build bunkers and bunkers in the Kurdish mountains and speed up the reinforcement of trenches and other defensive fortifications.

More weapons, ammunition and supplies were transported to the Kurdish mountains.

Then, the reserve soldiers were further trained to enable more people to have the ability to fight.