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Article: Arab League urges Iraq to allow inspectors back, to avert war with the United States
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- September 14, 2002
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Dateline: UNITED NATIONS
Arab League nations appealed to Iraq on Saturday to heed international
calls to allow U.N. weapons inspectors back and avert a confrontation
with the United States that could inflame the Middle East.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the Arab ministers he wanted
them individually to push for the return of inspectors to restore
peace and stability to the region and avoid another major conflict.
"We meet at a critical time as governments are discussing war and
peace," Annan said.
With Washington threatening action against Iraq unless it obeys Security
Council resolutions, 22 Arab foreign ministers met on the sidelines
of the ...