Nato tries to heal split over Iraq

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    Intensive consultations are under way between the member governments of Nato to try to resolve a damaging dispute over when to start military preparations for a possible war against Iraq.

    A formal meeting in Brussels of Nato ambassadors to try to break the deadlock was postponed but could be held later in the day, a Nato official said.

    France, Germany and Belgium on Monday blocked Alliance plans to begin shipping defensive equipment to Turkey - the only Nato member bordering Iraq.

    In further evidence of opposition to Washington's Iraq policy, a senior German government source has said that 11 out of the 15 members of the UN Security Council support prolonging weapons inspections in Iraq.

    Washington responded with anger to the decision to hold up help for Turkey, warning it is impatient for a resolution.

    "I don't understand that decision. It affects the alliance in a negative way," said US President George W Bush.


    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2747443.stm

    Could this be the begining of the end of NATO? :worried:
     

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