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| Security Council five agreed on time limit to Iraq: Straw |
| 2002-09-13 |
| The five permanent members of the Security Council agreed to set a time limit for Iraq to let the UN resume arms inspections, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said. Foreign ministers of the five had a working lunch with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Iraq a day after US President George W. Bush demanded the council enforce its demands that Iraq disarm or face unilateral US action. There was "complete unanimity about the imperative of getting the weapons inspectors back into Iraq," Straw told reporters after lunching with the ministers of China, France, Russia and the United States. G'bye, Sammy. Asked whether the five agreed to present Iraq with a deadline, a key goal of the United States, Straw replied: "We didn't come to a conclusion about that. But, it is fair to say, a very clear understanding that if we are going to set an imperative to get those weapons inspectors back — that has to mean a time limit." Seems ten years should have been enough time. Putting up a "no more" point would seem to be essential by now... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Just waiting for the cooler weather to set in... |
| Posted by: Raj 2002-09-13 17:25:30 |