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Israel angry, US wary as Annan peace plan calls for ceasefire

The UN is — as it has been for the last umpteen years — hamstrung by the massive (and massively unfair) influence of the US administration; therefore the most Kofi Annan can do at this stage is talk. But while the intent might be honourable, talk is unfortunately cheap, and it’s not nearly enough to buy our way out of this mess.

Fri 21 Jul 2006 at 12:11   ·


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You are reading Israel angry, US wary as Annan peace plan calls for ceasefire, a Microlog entry by MacDara Conroy. It is filed under , and was published in July 2006.

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#israel #lebanon #terrorism #unitednations


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This day in history: 21 July


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