Baghdad, Iraq ? Iraqi lawmakers denounced a tough new U.N. resolution on weapons inspections Monday as dishonest, provocative and worthy of rejection – despite the risk of war. But parliament said it ultimately would trust whatever President Saddam Hussein decides.

One after the other, senior lawmakers rejected the resolution, the latest in a long effort to ensure Iraq scraps its weapons of mass destruction. This time, however, the United States and Britain have made clear they will attack Iraq if it does not fully comply.

Parliament speaker Sadoun Hamadi said the resolution was stacked with “ill intentions,” “falsehood,” “lies” and “dishonesty.” Salim al-Koubaisi, head of parliament’s foreign relations committee, recommended rejecting the resolution but also advised deferring to the “wise Iraqi leadership” to act as it sees fit to defend Iraq’s people and dignity.

“The committee advises : the rejection of Security Council Resolution 1441, and to not agree to it in response to the opinions of our people, who put their trust in us,” al-Koubaisi told fellow lawmakers.

Saddam has used parliament’s action as cover for difficult decisions in the past, and harsh rhetoric does not necessarily mean parliament will reject the proposal. Saddam ordered parliament to recommend a formal response, and lawmakers were expected to vote on recommendations for the Iraqi leadership today.

According to the resolution, Iraq has until Friday to accept or reject the resolution, approved unanimously last week by the U.N. Security Council.

The Iraqi Parliament, led by speaker Sadoun Hammadi, left, has denounced a U.N. resolution on weapons inspection. The group will vote on a formal recommendation today.

U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said there were numerous interpretations for the deadline :quot; the minute the resolution was adopted, the minute Iraq was notified, the end of business Friday or midnight Friday. It is up to the Security Council to interpret its own resolution, Eckhard said.

Anne Power of the British mission at the United Nations said Britain interpreted the deadline to be seven 24-hour periods from the minute the resolution was adopted. That would mean that Iraq has until 9:17 a.m. CST Friday to respond. But other Security Council members could have different interpretations. Chinese deputy ambassador Zhang Yishan, the current council president, said he was checking on the exact deadline.

If Saddam fails to follow through, a Pentagon plan calls for more than 200,000 troops to invade Iraq.