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Article: Iraq isn't Kosovo; Keep the United Nations at an arm's length.(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 9, 2003
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Byline: Helle Dale, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
As the allied military campaign in Iraq picked up momentum and coalition forces laid into Baghdad and Basra, so did the speculation on who would be in charge of reconstructing Iraq when it is all over. Will it be the United States and our allies, the United Nations, or a government of Iraqis? In all likelihood, it will be a combination or succession of the three, and the trick will now be to get the mix just right. The very countries that tried to stop military action through the U.N. Security Council have been agitating for the United Nations to be in charge of the interim administration. This is a monumentally bad idea.