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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (10533)	9/13/2006 2:00:49 PM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 37247

Excellent suggestions! I guess you will do well to present them to the United Nations!

To: Ichy Smith who wrote (10533)	9/14/2006 12:53:52 AM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 37247

Annan: Mideast leaders view Iraq war as disaster September 13, 2006 BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said leaders of Middle Eastern nations believe the Iraq war has "been a real disaster" for the region. His comments to reporters on Wednesday came after a two-week trip through the Middle East and on a day when separate bomb attacks killed at least 22 people in Baghdad. "Honestly, most of the leaders I spoke to felt the invasion of Iraq and its aftermath has been a real disaster for them," Annan said. "They believe it has destabilized the region." Annan went on to describe "two schools" of thought -- those who believe the United States should stay, "having created the problem, they cannot walk away," and those, "particularly in Iran," who "believe the presence of the U.S." is a problem. Annan said it is his opinion that "the U.S. has found itself in a position where it cannot stay and it cannot leave." In Wednesday's violence, a roadside bomb exploded near traffic police headquarters in central Baghdad, killing at least 14 people and wounding 67, police said. Later, a car bomb detonated near a police patrol in the Zayouna section of eastern Baghdad, killing eight people, including three police officers, and wounding 19, Baghdad emergency police said. (Watch aftermath of deadly car bomb -- :58) In southern Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, police found four more bodies, adding to the 60 slain bodies found dumped across the sprawling capital on Tuesday. The bodies are believed to be victims of Sunni-Shiite sectarian violence -- shot execution style and frequently showing signs of torture, which police say is the preferred method of sectarian slayings. The year's second-highest monthly total of bodies arrived at Baghdad's morgue in August, Iraqi authorities said, but the figures do not include people killed by bombs or other mass attacks. About 1,500 bodies were delivered to Baghdad's morgue last month, according to figures provided by an Iraqi Health Ministry official on condition of anonymity. The figure is second only to July's toll of 1,850 bodies. Of the bodies taken to the morgue last month, 90 percent had been shot, the official said. The other 10 percent were killed by other means, including torture, beheading and stabbing, the official said. The official noted that the morgue figures did not include most bombing victims, as that number was calculated separately. On Monday, the U.S. Command acknowledged that its report of a dramatic drop in murders in Baghdad last month did not include people killed by bombs, mortars, rockets or other mass attacks, The Associated Press reported. The count only included victims of drive-by shootings and those killed by torture and execution. (Full story) Two U.S. service members killed Two U.S. service members were killed this week during operations around the capital, the U.S. military reported Wednesday. Late Tuesday, a U.S. soldier was killed when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb while traveling south of Baghdad. On Monday, a U.S. Marine died of injuries received in "enemy action" during an operation in Iraq's Anbar province, a Sunni stronghold west of Baghdad, the military said. The Marine was serving in a battalion under I Marine Expeditionary Force. The deaths brought to 2,666 the number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war. Seven U.S. civilian contractors of the military also have died in the conflict.