Annan: Iraq's insurgency 'foreseeable'

[ECH1969]

Iraq's bloody insurgency was inevitable following the U.S.-led invasion of 2003, said UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who also tried to calm regional fears over possible military action against Syria.

In a speech at the American University in Cairo, Annan said: "Opinions among Iraqis differed widely, as they still do, about the reasons for the foreign military presence in their country." He added: "It was foreseeable that some would choose to resist by force of arms."

Annan used his speech to mourn Nadia Younis and Jean-Selim Kanaan, two Egyptian UN employees who were among the 22 people killed in the August 19, 2003, suicide attack on the UN's Baghdad headquarters. Al-Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility for the bombing.

He cast doubt that Syria could face an Iraq-style invasion over claims it was not cooperating with a UN probe into the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hairi and not doing enough to stop militants entering Iraq.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=19898

[Joe for Clark]

1. What an understatement.

Joe for Clark

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Wow. Next thing they'll think the sun rises in the east.

[thebigidea]

3. exactly WHAT of note has this guy accomplished over the past few years?

he was so incredibly WEAK on the Iraq issue. A few tepid comments.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. He acts as though the US has the goods on him, pictures or something

[Gyre]

4. You mean he just realized

what the CIA was telling * in '02 was 100% accurate? Or, is he claiming it was him that leaked that very prediction to the CIA way back then? :spank: Kofi's a "tool".

Gyre