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Article: US wages uphill fight to move UN to war: Thursday, President Bush urged Congress to authorize the use of force in Iraq if the United Nations fails to act.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 20, 2002
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Byline: Michael J. Jordan Special to The Christian Science Monitor
UNITED NATIONS -- In a move certain to increase the pressure on the United Nations, President Bush asked Congress Thursday to endorse the use of force against Iraq.
"If you want to keep the peace, you've got to have the authorization to use force," said Mr. Bush, adding, "If the United Nations Security Council won't deal with the problem, the United States and some of our friends will."
But the US is going against the institutional grain of the international organization, and its recent history of dealing with Iraq.
Baghdad has already acquiesced to weapons inspections ...