The United States is coming under fire from members of the U.N. Security Council after it removed the only complete copy of Iraq’s arms declaration from U.N. headquarters soon after it arrived. On Friday, the 15 nations of the Security Council agreed to hold off on receiving the document until U.N. experts had screened it to delete information that could help make a nuclear weapon. The process was to take seven to 10 days. But The New York Times is reporting that Secretary of State General Colin Powell and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice decided they did not want to wait. Powell then requested preferential treatment from Colombia’s ambassador to the United Nations, who’s temporarily serving as the Security Council president. A Colombian diplomat acknowledged his government had made a political decision to help the U.S. Just last week, Powell visited Colombia to announce the U.S. aid to Colombia would increase by $200 million annually. Officially, the United States said it took the document to Washington because it had better photocopying equipment to duplicate the 12,000-page report. The U.S. has also taken charge of handing out copies to the permanent members, all of whom are nuclear powers, and editing versions to be given to the rotating members, who are not nuclear powers. The Syrian ambassador has led the protest against Washington’s actions. He expressed fear that the U.S. and other permanent members may now declare Iraq to be in material breach of U.N. Resolution 1441 before nonpermanent members even see the report.