Kofi Annan vs USA: the reasons for the divorce (11 & 12)

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Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General and 2001 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. AFP / File

By: Alain Foka Follow

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After the attacks on Afghanistan in retaliation for the attacks of September 11, 2001, the White House wants to bring down Saddam Hussein's regime, which it accuses of developing weapons of mass destruction.

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Despite Kofi Annan's efforts to prevent a new war in Iraq, despite the intense diplomatic ballet he deploys both to encourage the Iraqi president to let UN inspectors carry out checks on his territory, but also to pushing the great nations to convince President George W. Bush to forget the military option, Washington seems determined to do battle.

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