Word: annan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...YORK: The Security Council formally promised "severest consequences" for Iraq if it breaks its deal with Kofi Annan. But Saddam Hussein can take comfort in the fact that the U.N. is no closer to deciding exactly what those consequences might...
...Kofi Annan?s deal rescued the U.S. from a difficult situation, Dowell believes. ?He won us some breathing space in which to reassess what we want to do.? With even the policy of "containment" of Saddam via sanctions being increasingly called into question, the State Department's Iraq wonks face some heavy lifting in the weeks ahead...
...Kofi Annan isn't the first statesman to try to broker a last-minute peace. Here are some past attempts...
...YORK: Squabbles over diplo-speak and "automaticity" are quickly diluting a U.S.-backed resolution to punish Iraq if Saddam breaks last week's deal with Kofi Annan...
...hoped Annan's deal had laid the foundations for an ultimatum to Saddam. But in the hands of the Security Council, that "credible military threat" is quickly turning into a joke...