U.N. chief: Iraq in 'grave danger' of civil war

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/18/iraq.main/index.html

Just hours after a suicide bomber killed 20 people in northern Iraq, U.N. chief Kofi Annan said Monday that the nation is in "grave danger" of falling into civil war.

At least 17 people were wounded in Monday's attack, when a bomber detonated an explosive vest near a line of Iraqis waiting for propane gas cylinders in Tal Afar, police said.

U.N. Secretary-General Annan, speaking at a meeting in New York attended by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, praised the nation's adoption of a new constitution. But he also issued a warning about the troubled region.

Annan said "if current patterns of alienation and violence persist much further, there is a grave danger the Iraqi state will break down, possibly in the midst of full-scale civil war."

[Kutjara]

1. I guess memos take awhile to get to Annan's desk...

...considering Iraq has been in a civil war for at least six months and arguably a year. Still, it's good of him to mention it.

[Freedom_from_Chains]

2. Really, they definitely need some more bandwidth at the U.N.

[NOLADEM]

3. In other news, Titanic at risk of sinking on maiden voyage

[acmavm]

4. Well how is that gonna jive with bush** 'freedom agenda' sppech that

he's got planned for the UN.

Shit, they better be careful or he'll have a hissy.