Iraqi envoy urges Japan to work to stop U.S.-led war

TOKYO, Japan - Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, speaks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 2. He called on the Japanese government to play its role in the United Nations and as a close U.S. ally to end the U.S.-led hostilities against Iraq. (Kyodo)

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