MOSCOW, MARCH 25, SPA -- RUSSIA'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ON SATURDAY DENIED ALLEGATIONS IN A STUDY BY THE UNITED STATES PENTAGON THAT IT PROVIDED MILITARY INFORMATION TO SADDAM HUSSEIN'S REGIME IN THE 2003 US-LED IRAQ WAR, REPORTED DPA. 'IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT SUCH COMPLETELY UNFOUNDED ACCUSATIONS HAVE BEEN LAID AT THE DOORSTEP OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,' SAID THE INTERFAX NEWS AGENCY QUOTING A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE SWR. 'WE CONSIDER IT SUPERFLUOUS TO COMMENT UPON SUCH FABRICATIONS,' THE SPOKESMAN ADDED. THE ITAR-TASS AGENCY CITED AN UNNAMED HIGH-RANKING RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK AS DISMISSING THE US CLAIMS AS 'COMPLETE NONSENSE.' --MOR 15 18 LOCAL TIME 12 18 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/348331