Powell: U.S. Won't Hand Iraq Over to U.N. [View All]

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Like they would want this mess. Who is kidding who here?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030912/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq&cid=542&ncid=1480

WASHINGTON - Heading for talks with reluctant allies, Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States won't turn over all authority in Iraq to the United Nations.

"The U.N. isn't ready to handle it," Powell told ARD, a German television station, in an interview released Friday as he flew to Geneva for the talks.

"We want to work with the U.N., but we can't simply cede all responsibility and authority to the U.N.," he said in advance of meetings Saturday with German, French, Russian and Chinese foreign ministers and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

The United States, hoping its allies will provide troops and money in the face of continued attacks and mounting costs in Iraq, has proposed a U.N. Security Council resolution creating a multinational force under a unified U.N. command with an American commander.

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