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Trafield
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Let me just say that I would be pleasantly surprised if President Bush actually exposed the irrelevancy of the UN. I believe he very much wants the UN to be relevant, not irrelevant. Thus, the game continues...at least until the UN tells Bush it is okay for us to act. Can you say NEW WORLD ODER?
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U.S. accepts more inspections

By Aluf Benn, Nathan Guttman, and Shlomo Shamir

Humbled by the UN Security Council's reaction to Friday's weapons inspectors' reports, Secretary of State Colin Powell yesterday said Washington would agree to let inspections continue, but he stressed that U.S. patience would not last more than a few weeks.

In Israel, the leadership seemed unfazed by developments and is convinced the American delay in going to war is governed by logistics rather than international diplomatic pressure. Rattled by the massive outpouring of anti-war sentiment, the United States and Britain yesterday began to rework a draft resolution to authorize the use of force against Saddam Hussein.

Before Friday's dramatic Security Council meeting, where the weapons inspectors gave a relatively favorable account of Iraq's recent cooperation, Washington and London had been preparing a tough resolution that would give them UN backing for military action. British diplomats had then said then any resolution would have to include an authorization of force.

In diplomatic terms, coupling consequences for Iraq with "material breach" of UN resolutions would amount to such authorization. But the measured reports delivered by Hans Blix and IAEA nuclear inspector Mohamed ElBaredei that divided the 15-member Security Council, followed by yesterday's massive global opposition as millions of people took to the streets of cities from New Zealand to Iceland, struck their plans a hammer blow.

Britain and the U.S. had hoped to push a new resolution through quickly and there had even been talk of a council meeting yesterday to present it. But their plans were put on hold Friday after powerful opposition led by France, Russia and China drew rare applause inside the council chamber.

British and American diplomats conceded they would need to go home, consider the views of others and soften the tone of their draft. "The situation is very fluid and so is the language right now," said Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram.

He said a resolution giving Saddam an ultimatum to relinquish power or be removed by force was still an option. But Akram said it would be very hard for Pakistan - a key ally of the United States despite an virulent anti-American movement at home - to vote in favor of any resolution authorizing war.

While Powell said after Friday's meeting there was no talk of compromise yet, some diplomats said privately it was the responsibility of the five council powers - the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China - to negotiate a way out of the impasse over Iraq.

Taking note of the opposition, key swing-vote diplomats from Mexico, Chile, Angola and Bulgaria that the U.S. had marked as shoo-in supporters, were considering abstaining in any vote if the five powers were unable to agree.

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in an interview yesterday said a second Security Council resolution would be necessary before force was used against Saddam. "Iraq should have no doubt that on the critical issue, the Council is united - Iraq must disarm. Iraq must cooperate fully and pro-actively with the inspectors, and Iraq must honor its commitment and its obligations to the Security Council."

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/p...SubContrassID=0

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