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Skepticism greets Bush call for help

UN DIVISIONS The international community still seems reluctant to forgive the US for ignoring the world body and deciding to overthrow Saddam Hussein by force

REUTERS , UNITED NATIONS

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan set the tone in his opening keynote speech, saying that the Bush administration's doctrine of pre-emptive military intervention could lead to the law of the jungle.

He said it called into question the entire international system of collective action, which needed to be re-examined, and "could set precedents that resulted in a proliferation of the unilateral and lawless use of force."

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