THE GRAND ALLIANCE:

US allies set for crisis summit (BBC, 3/14/03)

President George W Bush is to hold emergency talks with British and Spanish leaders on Sunday amid diplomatic deadlock at the UN Security Council over their plans for disarming Iraq.

The three countries co-sponsored a draft resolution that would have given Baghdad until next Monday to disarm or face a US-led war.

But despite frantic diplomatic efforts, they have so far failed to win backing for their position, while France and Russia have threatened to veto any resolution that authorises war.

Mr Bush, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and Spain's Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar will meet in the Azores on Sunday, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said.

Reminds one of the Atlantic Charter meeting onboard the Prince of Wales. Posted by Orrin Judd at March 14, 2003 9:25 AM