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To: JohnM who wrote (70089)1/29/2003 7:46:16 PM
From: Elsewhere  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
How many are on the Security Council?

Here's the UNSC status:

U.S. Fails to Sway Allies on Iraq
Yahoo! News Wed, Jan 29, 2003
story.news.yahoo.com

At a crucial council meeting a day after President Bush's State of the Union speech, 11 of the 15 members supported giving more time to weapons inspectors to pursue Iraq's peaceful disarmament — France, Russia and China who all have veto power as well as Germany, Mexico, Chile, Guinea, Cameroon, Syria, Angola and Pakistan, council diplomats told The Associated Press.

Only Bulgaria and Spain backed the United States and Britain in focusing on Iraq's failures rather than continued inspections.
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To: JohnM who wrote (70089)1/29/2003 7:58:15 PM
From: bela_ghoulashi  Respond to of 281500
 
>>a coalition of the vulnerable<<

I see. Well, maybe the pollsters will be good enough to incorporate that distinction into their future questions.