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| Iraq Wants for Arab and Islamic Troops to Protect U.N. | |||
| 2004-07-22 | |||
Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Thursday said his country wants troops from Arab and Islamic countries, particularly Egypt, to help protect the United Nations if the world body sends a new mission to Iraq.
Allawi, though, wasn't pushing hard in the face of repeated rebuffs from Arab governments on the question of sending their troops into volatile Iraq. Allawi's comments came a day after Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that the United Nations has not received a single firm commitment of troops, six weeks after the U.N. Security Council authorized a separate force to protect U.N. staff.
Annan said at U.N. headquarters Wednesday that if the 191 U.N. member states want the United Nations to play a major role in helping Iraq prepare for elections, draft a constitution, and rebuild the country they must ensure adequate security for U.N. personnel.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 #3. Allawi might even be meaner than Eddy Murray! :)) |
| Posted by: borgboy 2004-07-22 11:38:00 PM |
| #4 Dan I would send him a BIG birthday card if it's true. What else are they going to do with all the Jihadis they capture? Send them to charm school? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-07-22 1:36:32 PM |
| #3 "The incompetent protecting the corrupt, I like it!" Remember the glory days of the Baltimore Orioles led by manager Earl Weaver? One of the reasons the O's always seemed to be in the mix was that the organization had printed its own book on how to play baseball the Oriole way. One of the more curious out-of-the-box methods I read about was that in batting practice, pitchers who needed to work on their curve balls threw to batters who needed to work on hitting curve balls. Kills two birds with one stone. Allawi is providing a simple way for the whiners of the UN persuasion and like-minded elites the opportunity to put up, shut up, or get out of the way. Brilliant. |
| Posted by: Michael 2004-07-22 1:06:50 PM |
| #2 I'm beginning to like Allawi more and more lately. If I find out that he really is visiting Iraqi jails and shooting prisoners I'll have to send him a birthday card. |
| Posted by: Formerly Dan 2004-07-22 11:57:24 AM |
| #1 Brilliant move. |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-07-22 10:38:02 AM |