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...want a wholesale revival of the old Iraqi army disbanded by Ambassador Bremer's decree; others, particularly from the Shiite and Kurdish communities, want a greater role for the militias link to their own communities and political parties. And for the Europeans, the Arabs and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, the key issue is sovereignty - the best hope for getting Iraqis involved in security is to put Iraqis in charge of the political process they'd be protecting - in other words, they're skeptical of the extent to which Iraqis will be willing to risk their lives to protect...
...diplomatic pressure increased dramatically in the past week. It is now clear that the U.N. will not help Iraq so long as the American occupation authority remains in charge. Kofi Annan has said he wants a rapid transfer of power to an Iraqi government of some sort. Everyone agrees this is a good idea--even the U.S. proconsul, Paul Bremer, recently told a congressional committee that already "some Iraqis are beginning to regard us as occupiers and not as liberators"--but no one knows how to get it done anytime soon with any guarantee of success. For one thing...
...What Now for the U.N.? Re the questions posed by TIME to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan [Sept. 15], here's one more: Why didn't Annan resign when the U.S. and Britain bypassed the Security Council and invaded Iraq? By putting his own future ahead of the U.N.'s, Annan destroyed whatever credibility the U.N. had, especially among its staff. Ravindra Wickremasinghe Pelawatte, Sri Lanka...
...Another question for Annan: How are U.N. resolutions relevant if the U.N. cannot or will not enforce them? Matthew J. Johnson Minneapolis...
...Forceful Ghanaian Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the U.N., is once again the focus of news since the U.S. has approached the U.N. requesting a larger measure of involvement in Iraq [INTERVIEW, Sept. 15]. We reported on Annan's background and style shortly after he brokered an agreement with Iraq on arms-control inspections [March 9, 1998]: "ANNAN WAS BORN IN KUMASI, GHANA, THE SON OF A HEREDITARY CHIEF OF THE FANTE PEOPLE, A TRIBE FAMOUS FOR ITS GENTILITY ... He was a track star at the University of Science and Technology at Kumasi before transferring to Macalester College...