With U.S. troops in the heart of Baghdad, Iraq's U.N. ambassador [Mohammed Aldouri] declared on Thursday that "everything is over" and there was no government in Iraq left for him to represent. On March 27, he said the United States, Britain and Australia were "about to start a real war of extermination that will kill everyone and destroy everything," prompting U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte to walk out of the Security Council chambers. But he was liked personally among many colleagues. When told about Aldouri's comments, British Ambassador Sir Jeremy Greenstock said on Wednesday, "I pay tribute to him acknowledging it. He is a decent man." (Reuters)<p>***I don't know whether to laugh or cry.***
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