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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8511

25 July 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/iraq
Pöttering wants stronger role for UN in Iraq

Brussels, 24/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - Following a tour of four Arab countries (Egypt, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman), the President of the EPP-ED group at the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering (CDU), said the United Nations should have a greater role in Iraq. He said this was vital to establish a climate of confidence among the local population, which because of their experience of Saddam Hussein's regime, feared that the water supplied by the coalition troops would be contaminated....

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