"Oh Jacques, please tell the Marines to stop it, my shares are in danger... please my dear!"
Posted on 11/05/2004 5:55:15 PM PST by NCjim
His letter to U.S., British and Iraqi leaders warns of increasing hostility and election boycott.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has warned leaders of the United States, Britain and Iraq that another full-scale assault on the rebel-held city of Fallouja would further alienate Iraqis and disrupt elections planned for January.
Annan's warning, contained in a letter sent Sunday, has angered some officials here.
"This is an issue for the government of Iraq," said British Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry. "It's easy for those not in Iraq to underestimate the overwhelming concern the Iraqis have for security. There cannot be an area as big as Fallouja which is allowed to be a base for terrorism."
Some diplomats said Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi was "furious" when he received the letter. Iraq's new U.N. ambassador immediately sought to meet with Annan to argue that the U.N. was interfering. Allawi recently criticized Annan for not doing enough to help Iraq prepare for elections. The world body's officials say Iraq is not secure enough for more U.N. workers to help organize the nationwide vote.
Annan's letter underscores a fundamental disagreement between the U.S.-led coalition and the U.N. about how best to bring stability to Iraq.
Leaders of the U.S., Britain and Iraq say that retaking insurgent strongholds is the only way to secure the country before the elections. But Annan argued in his letter that another invasion of Fallouja would only create more enemies and spark an election boycott by Sunni Muslims.
In the letter to Allawi, President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Annan acknowledged the need to restore security in Iraq but said a political process that included groups not represented in the interim government would be the best foundation for stability.
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Kofi needs to rush in there personally and be a human shield.
The subsequent events would solve a lot of problems.
beat me to it
I wish, but there are thousands eager to take his place at the UN.
Hey Kofi ... why not try the "human shield" route?
Time to pack up the Big Top on Turtle Bay and send Goofy Annan and his circus of clowns to Brussles...
Since the Kofster is involved one might suspect that money is involved. Where would following the money lead?
Oh, no, NOT an angry letter from the UN!!!
Zarqawi has probably promised to resume kickback payments to Kofi Junior once he and al Qaeda take over Iraq.
how did Mr. Annan got into the Secretary General position? ...he keeps on interfering operations against terrorism... is he one of the benefeciaries of Oil-For-Food Scam?
Maybe he will send the UN army to defend the city, er, I forgot the US IS the UN's army. Never mind. If Bush keeps it up, they are going to hit him with a resolution.
It is a crime that the Oil For Food scandal has been swept under the rug.
I wish we could get the Repubs to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US. They do not deserve any legitimacy, and the US participation in such a corrupt socialist nation gives it legitimacy (along with the Old Media).
My sentiments exactly! I like your tagline, too...
I am SO tired of hearing about what Kofi thinks.
I seem to remember hearing that you should lead, follow, or get out of the way.
What??? Did he leave a suitcase few of a million barrels worth of oil vouchers in Fallujah and is afraid they'll get blowed up real good?
Yeah, Coffee, I'll bet you a mountain of gold against a bucket of crap that the U.S. Army would be happy to lift the seige long enough to let you and your relief army into Fallujah.
He doesn't want the government of Iraq to assert monopoly on force in Fallujah, a city in Iraq?
Objectively, what this means is that he is asserting that the city of Fallujah ought to be a sovereign state within Iraq. He is advocating for the breakup of Iraq. He is saying that Iraq's government of Baghdad ought not impose law & order on a city in Iraq. He likes the idea of a lawless Falluljah remaining an untouchable island of chaos & terrorism within Iraq. Heaven forbid a terror haven be wiped out!
What other interpretation is there?
It is the effect of what he saying. Now, I'm sure he doesn't *think* this is what he is saying. I'm sure it's not his motive, either, to argue for a sovereign Fallujahn state.
His motive, of course, is to be on the opposite side from the United States in all things. If it checks the U.S.'s power, he's for it; if it's an expression of U.S. power, he's against it.
I'm just pointing out the absurd levels to which he's willing to go to express his pathological U.S.-hatred.
"Oh Jacques, please tell the Marines to stop it, my shares are in danger... please my dear!"
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