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...qualms. Opinion polls in the U.S. find a strong preference among a majority of the electorate for any attack on Iraq to be authorized by the international community. Two thirds of respondents in a Los Angeles poll published on Sunday seemed to be closer to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan than to President Bush in maintaining that a war would be justified only if the United Nations found a repeated pattern of serious violations by Iraq. And some 72 percent felt Bush had not yet laid out convincing evidence of Saddam maintaining prohibited weapons programs. Of even greater concern...
...gradually took on a somewhat silly air and made Bush's hasty criticism look unfair. Iraq's President scored p.r. points in the Arab world for his willingness to endure humiliating intrusions even into his palaces. Although the U.N. teams studiously refused to disclose any findings, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said, in contrast to Bush, that "Iraq's cooperation seems to be good...
...cross that bridge when we come to it. But I do believe the U.S. would not mind going through the UN. Chairman Erdogan will also meet [UN Secretary General] Kofi Annan on Tuesday night, where these questions will be discussed. After he has held discussions at the Pentagon, the White House and with the UN, we will make our own analysis and act in the best interests of a peaceful world...
...gradually took on a somewhat silly air and made Bush's hasty criticism look unfair. Iraq's President scored p.r. points in the Arab world for his willingness to endure humiliating intrusions even into his palaces. Although the U.N. teams studiously refused to disclose any findings, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said, in contrast to Bush, that "Iraq's cooperation seems to be good...
President Bush says "the signs are not encouraging" that Saddam Hussein intends to comply with UN demands. But UN Secretary General Kofi Annan sees things differently, saying on Tuesday that "there is a good indication that the Iraqis are cooperating," but adding that "this is only the beginning." As minor as this disagreement may sound, it masks a significant difference of perception. That's important, since whether or not there will be war in Iraq now depends - to the chagrin of the Bush Administration's more hawkish elements - in large part on the findings of the UN arms inspectors...