Word: iraq
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...apartheid in the '80s. This kind of student discussion is especially needed at Harvard, where no one seems to have a good answer for questions like: Why do we still have the Core? What happened with the grape vote? Or even, did we just almost go to war with Iraq...
...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...
...passing of this resolution in no way means that the Security Council automatically authorizes any state to use force against Iraq," insisted China's U.N. ambassador, Qin Huasun, after the vote. Envoys from France, Russia and a host of other countries made it clear that only the Security Council can judge Iraq's compliance with the accord -- or determine what punishment can be undertaken...
After haggling over language long into Monday evening, the U.S. tried to sound upbeat about the toothless resolution. U.N. ambassador Bill Richardson called it a "victory for the United States." President Clinton declared that "tonight's unanimous vote of the United Nations Security Council sends the clearest possible message: Iraq must make good on its commitment...
...spin doctors may be disputing just how severe the consequences of continued defiance would be for Iraq following yesterday?s U.N. Security Council resolution, but the real challenge facing Washington is rethinking its Iraq policy, says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell...