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<P>So apparently Kofi Annan has said that the invasion of Iraq was illegal, <A href="http://www.bangladeshjournal.com/index.php?ID=2358&tim=16-9-2004">http://www.bangladeshjournal.com/index.php?ID=2358&tim=16-9-2004</A></P>
<P> leading to this response:</P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>'Randy Scheunemann, a former advisor to US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, accused Annan of trying to influence the outcome of the forthcoming US presidential election. <BR><BR>"I think it is outrageous for the secretary general, who ultimately works for the member states, to try and supplant his judgement for the judgement of the member states," he told the BBC. <BR><BR>"To do this 51 days before an American election reeks of political interference," Randy Scheunemann said.'</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Uh huh. And timing a vote to grant the president authority to invade just before the election in 2002 was not political, just a fluke? Claiming that the war is going well and that our strategy is working isn't politics, is it?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Sunil Ramalingam</FONT></P></DIV></div></html>