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http://yellow_pages.blogspot.com [Yellow Pages] When you leave one home for another, there are always lessons to be learnt. And I had more to learn when I moved on from Minnesota to the United Nations -- the indispensable common house of the entire human family, which has been my main home for the last 44 years.

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http://kennethandersonlawofwar.blogspot.com [Kennethandersonlawofwar.blogspot.com] Kenneth Anderson's Law of War and Just War Theory Blog: The ...: Here is Claudia Rosett on Kofi Annan's tantrum in news conference against the London Times's James Bone for daring to ask about oil-for-food and the never properly accounted for Mercedes-Benz for Kofi Annan's son. From the National Review Online, December 2, 2005:

http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com [Glenngreenwald.blogspot.com] Unclaimed Territory - by Glenn Greenwald: Cohen wrote a column in June of this year (yes, he is still held out by the Post as someone to whom we should listen), entitled "Culpability Deficit Disorder," in which he oh-so-knowingly blamed everyone for the disaster in Iraq other than himself (including by blaming decisions that happened immediately after the invasion that he never criticized at the time, when he was still cheering loudly and worshipfully for the administration). He also now says that everything would have been great in Iraq if we had just left once Saddam was removed (something he never advocated at the time), and still rails against "the people who are so certain of their moral righteousness when it comes to the Iraq war."

Scienceblog.comhttp://www.scienceblog.com [Scienceblog.com] Science Blog -- TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY ...: QUESTION: Back on Iraq, it seems that in the years since resolution 687 (1991) was passed, through a combination of parts of it being ignored, other parts being violated, other parts being undermined, it hasn't worked. Do you think it's time to reopen the diplomacy much more widely, and say that it's time to redraft an approach to dealing with the possible creation of weapons of mass destruction from a whole different angle than we have used so far, which hasn't worked in six years?

Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.guardian.co.uk [Guardian.co.uk] What Baghdad said in letter to Kofi Annan | Special reports ...: This decision is also based on your statement to the General Assembly on 12 September 2002 that the decision by the Government of the Republic of Iraq is the indispensable first step towards an assurance that Iraq no longer possesses weapons of mass destruction and, equally importantly, towards a comprehensive solution that includes the lifting of sanctions imposed in Iraq and the timely implementation of other provisions of the relevant Security Coun cil resolutions, including resolution 687(1991). To this end, the Government of the Republic of Iraq is ready to discuss the practical arrangements necessary for the immediate resumption of inspections.

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