Juarez Machado paintings

Juarez Machado paintings
Joan Miro paintings
was immediately after the air action that the U.S. authorities called to explain to me that they saw this as routine — not escalation, not a qualitative difference in their activities in Iraq — and that it was ... not to continue," Annan said. The air raid drew widespread condemnation, some of it from key U.S. allies in the Middle East and Europe, who said it was time for Washington to reconsider its policies toward Iraq. Russia, France and China — Iraq's key supporters on the Security Council — all said the airstrikes were unprovoked and would damage international efforts to resolve the sanctions issue. China called on the United States and Britain on Saturday to stop military action in Iraq immediately to create a favorable atmosphere for the upcoming talks.