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WELLINGTON, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said Tuesday that she doubted the United States would be able to present a case that could persuade the United Nations to mandate a military strike against Iraq.
Helen Clark described the evidence presented so far to back claims about Iraq's nuclear weapon capacity as "pretty sketchy" and said President George W. Bush has to present a stronger case when he addressed the UN General Assembly later this week.
"They don't have the hard evidence ... it will need to be substantially greater than what's been presented so far to persuade most nations that there is a case," she said on National Radio.
Helen Clark, who has made it clear New Zealand would not support a strike against Iraq without an explicit UN mandate, said Tuesday military action would pose serious dangers for the region.
"I think it will trigger a lot of instability in the Middle East. There is also the issue of fracturing the coalition built around getting rid of al Qaeda, and it would make it harder to get an Israeli-Palestinian settlement," she said.
Editor:Wang Yin
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