US Considers Iraq Sanctions Deal

World | May 15, 2003, Thursday // 00:00

The US says it may accept an initial suspension of UN sanctions against Iraq rather than press for an immediate end to them. The move - announced by Secretary of State Colin Powell - is being seen as a concession to several veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council which resumes discussing a draft resolution on Thursday. Permanent Council members have opposed lifting the sanctions until UN inspectors are allowed back to Iraq and declare it free of banned weapons, the alleged existence of which was Washington's main reason for launching a war.

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