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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran

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To: rrufff who wrote (1230)7/19/2003 12:08:15 PM
From: Ed Huang  Read Replies (1) of 22250
 
U.S. Considers Returning to U.N. for Help in Iraq
Sat July 19, 2003 10:54 AM ET




By Evelyn Leopold
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - With U.S. troops being killed every week in Iraq, the United States is considering returning to the United Nations to persuade countries to send in soldiers or share costs, running about $4 billion a month.

But at this stage, diplomats say, no one knows what kind of a U.N. mandate would bring in help from such nations as India, France, Germany or Russia. Politically, seeking U.N. help would be an admission by hard-liners that the oft-mentioned "coalition of the willing" was indeed a slim one, they said.

Thirty-five American soldiers have been killed since hostilities were declared officially ended on May 1, bringing the U.S. death toll to 149, higher than American fatalities in the 1991 Gulf War.

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reuters.com
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