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Fri 04 Apr 2003EU and US split on UN role in rebuilding of Iraq
BRUSSELS MEETINGS: The European Union and United States remained sharply divided last night over who should play the leading role in post-war Iraq, despite an intensive effort by the US Secretary of State, Mr Colin Powell, to heal the transatlantic rift. Denis Staunton, in Brussels.
During a series of meetings with EU and NATO foreign ministers in Brussels yesterday, Mr Powell insisted the US and its allies who are fighting in Iraq must play the leading role in post-war political reconstruction.
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