Author Topic: UN leaders draw up secret blueprint for postwar Iraq (Read 324 times)

Kanth · « **on:** March 05, 2003, 12:36:03 PM »

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-600029,00.html

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UN leaders draw up secret blueprint for postwar Iraq
From James Bone in New York

US forces will hand over three months after Saddam is defeated

THE United Nations has drawn up a confidential plan to establish a post-Saddam government in Iraq in a move that suggests its leaders now consider war all but inevitable.
The plan, obtained by The Times, has been produced in great secrecy over the past month, even though Security Council approval of a “war resolution” hangs in the balance.

The UN is breaking a taboo, and arguably breaching its charter, by considering plans for Iraq’s future governance while it deals daily with President Saddam Hussein’s regime as a legitimate member.

I bet there is a huge red circle on it that says "New France" inside it..

john9001 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 05, 2003, 12:46:12 PM »

if it's a "secret" how do we know about it ?

BTW, the UN would be stupid if they didn't have a plan ready

funkedup · « **Reply #2 on:** March 05, 2003, 12:57:35 PM »

If they aren't going to approve the war, then IMHO they have no business making decisions on what happens there afterwards.

Greese · « **Reply #3 on:** March 05, 2003, 01:05:46 PM »

One of the things they want to insure is that the US doesn't get full control of oil after a war.

Kanth · « **Reply #4 on:** March 05, 2003, 01:05:55 PM »

is what I'm saying, hypocrites.

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Originally posted by funkedup
If they aren't going to approve the war, then IMHO they have no business making decisions on what happens there afterwards.

Toad · « **Reply #5 on:** March 05, 2003, 10:45:11 PM »

Actually, I'll wager we asked them to do it.

Having the UN setting up the government is better than us doing it, trust me.

Ping · « **Reply #6 on:** March 06, 2003, 06:09:24 AM »

Cant remember where I heard it but Toads right.