Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States has no plans to attack either Iraq or Iran. 

Mr. Powell, in a French television interview Friday, said there are no attack plans on the president's desk from either him or the Secretary of Defense for either Iraq or Iran. 

President Bush told a news conference Wednesday that the United States would deal with Iraq's President Saddam Hussein. Mr. Bush accuses Baghdad of developing weapons of mass destruction and has described Iraq as part of "an axis of evil" including Iran and North Korea. 

In Barcelona, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder also downplayed talk of an attack on Iraq. He told the European summit there are no American plans to intervene militarily against Baghdad. He also said there is a clear commitment by the U.S. to consult with its European partners on the issue. 

In Bonn, a government spokeswoman said Germany would not participate in an attack on Iraq or any other country without a mandate from the United Nations. 

Turkey's Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit, a guest at the Barcelona summit, warned that military action against Iraq would cause serious upheaval in the Middle East. 

Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.

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