A leading U.N. official blamed Israel and the United States for the deteriorating situation in Iraq. The U.N.’s special envoy to Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi, said Wednesday that Israel’s policy of “total repression” against the Palestinians was making “things difficult to sort out” in the region.
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