The vast majority of Russia is non-muslim...can they not see that they also are "infidels"?
This may be one scenario where we and the Russians have a common enemy. As much as it may not be politically correct to say so, we are both majority "white" and non-muslim (so far...)
UNITED NATIONS, June 25 -- Russia has threatened to veto a U.S.-backed resolution in the Security Council that would revamp the embargo on Iraq and tighten United Nations controls over Baghdad's imports of military-related items, officials said.
Russian Foreign Minister Ivan Ivanov warned U.S. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell in a letter over the weekend that Moscow would block the resolution because it would damage commercial relations with Iraq.
"We see in the new scheme a major threat to Russian trade and economic interests in Iraq," Ivanov wrote. "We cannot allow it to pass."
Powell told reporters today that Washington may not meet its July 3 target for passage of the resolution. If so, it would be the second postponement because of strong opposition from Moscow and Beijing.
Powell said the Russians and others had rejected a U.S. list of "dual use" items -- goods with both a civilian and military application -- that Iraq could not import. "We have been unable to resolve the various technical issues with the list," he said.