A Failed-State Mr. Fix-It; The Bush administration didn't have much time for the United Nations. Then Iraq unraveled, and Lakhdar Brahimi got a call.(Interview)

Publication: Newsweek

Publication Date: 26-APR-04

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Byline: Rod Nordland in Baghdad and Christopher Dickey in Paris with Tamara Lipper in Washington

Lakhdar Brahimi seemed weary just talking about his 10 days in Iraq. As the U.N. envoy relaxed for a stopover at his Paris apartment last weekend, he recalled that security problems in Baghdad had often kept him confined in the Green Zone, the heavily guarded Coalition headquarters. A lot of Iraqis "refuse on principle to go into the Green Zone," he told NEWSWEEK. Those coming to see him often had to wait three hours to...

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