Colin Powell will discuss a claim that Israel is “poisoning” the transition in Iraq when he meets with the man that made it. The top U.N. envoy to Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi, told French radio last week that Israel’s policies vis-a-vis the Palestinians are “poisoning” his attempts to transfer rule from the U.S.-led occupation in Iraq to an Iraqi civilian authority.
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