In Moscow Friday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Fedotov said the British proposals are not constructive and do not resolve the key problem, which he says is preventing the use of force against Baghdad. Geez, and I thought all those UN resolutions were made to resolve the key problem of Iraq having WMD's. Boy do I feel dumb. Apparently I missed the one about making sure the US doesn't achieve victory in its disarmorment if Iraq.
U.S. Backed Resolution On Iraq Appears Doomed
Friday March 14, 2003 7:35am
United Nations (AP) - A U.S.-backed resolution for war in Iraq was in serious doubt as a majority of Security Council members openly acknowledged they wouldn't support the measure despite weeks of intense negotiations.
With hundreds of thousands of troops poised for action in the Persian Gulf, the White House was forced to consider withdrawing the resolution it filed three weeks ago or calling a vote it seemed certain to lose.
Either way, the United States would be heading into battle, and possibly a protracted occupation of Iraq, without the backing of the United Nations and its member states.
While some council ambassadors pledged to work through the weekend to find a way out of the impasse, others declared the diplomatic process dead.
Amid a swirl of 11th-hour posturing, the White House began planning for a possible summit this weekend between President Bush and his two staunchest council allies, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar.
Senior U.S. officials said the meeting, tentatively planned for a neutral nation overseas, would allow the leaders to review final diplomatic and military strategies.
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