VOL. XLVII

No 04

26-January-2004

The Political Scene (26 January 2004)

The Americans want UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to send a mission to Iraq to tell Ayatollah Sistani that it is not possible to hold elections before July. The man in charge of training the new Iraqi army says that it will be at least three to five years before the country can defend itself.

A Definite Maybe From Annan

For the most part during the current fracas in Iraq, the Bush administration has treated the UN as relevant...