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by Mary
National Story - canada.com Network: "U.S. defence of Israel hurts its Iraq resolution at UN
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
UNITED NATIONS - The United States faced new obstacles to securing UN help in Iraq yesterday after George W. Bush, the U.S. President, refused to criticize Israel for its weekend attack inside Syria.
Diplomats in the UN Security Council said Washington would now have a 'much harder' time trying to get a resolution that would open the way for new contributions of cash and troops in Iraq."
Posted 10:36 AM
by Mary
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Annan rejects US plan for Iraqi transition: "Annan rejects US plan for Iraqi transition
Julian Borger in Washington
Friday October 3, 2003 The Guardian
The UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, yesterday issued a stinging rebuke to Washington's attempts to win financial and military backing for the US-led occupation of Iraq.
Mr Annan took the unusual step of openly rejecting a US-sponsored draft for a resolution calling for international support for the transition to Iraqi self-rule, saying the Bush administration had failed to heed his recommendations.
France, Russia and Germany also signalled that they were not prepared to support the resolution, in a sharp setback for US postwar diplomatic efforts to share the burden of running Iraq.
The rejection reflected a sharp rift in the security council over how Iraq should be managed in the transition to self-rule, and how long that transition should be. "
