War in Iraq Likely Around March 17: Clark

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War in Iraq Likely Around March 17: Clark

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said Sunday night that she believed war in Iraq was likely around March 17.

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New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said Sunday night that she believed war in Iraq was likely around March 17.

New Zealand Press Association on Monday quoted Clark as telling TV1 Sunday night that the deadline on Iraq had almost expired.

Clark has been under pressure here to join Australia in its strong support for the US line on the Iraq, but she said as a small country whose prime minister at the time was present at the founding of the United Nations, New Zealand was committed to the UN route in resolving international conflicts.

To do otherwise, she said, would lead to "anarchy, chaos."

Predicting a UN Security Council debate on the issue to open this coming Friday, Clark said the issue was now moving quickly.

"It's thought that the United States and Britain will be readyto go to war on the 17th or that week thereabouts," she said, adding "so we are pretty well up against Iraq to take some decisive action."

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