April 2004

Leaves

From the ABC (Australia) web site. Love the last quote!

United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has said US raids on insurgents are worsening the situation in Iraq and called for negotiations to help calm the situation.

“It’s definitely time now for those who prefer restraint and dialogue to make their voices heard,” he said, a day after his Iraq envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, warned the security situation was hampering plans for Iraq’s political future.

“Violent military action by an occupying power against the inhabitants of an occupied country will only make matters worse,” he told a press conference at UN headquarters in New York.

“There is nothing cowardly or faint-hearted about this approach,” Mr Annan said.

“It takes courage and dogged determination to work for peace in a violent world.”

For the whole article see http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1096980.htm