THE GULF WAR: The Diplomatic Front : In the United Nations
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Baghdad called for a U.N. probe of the allies’ bombing Jan. 21 of what it called an INFANT FORMULA FACTORY. The allies say the factory produced biological weapons. UNICEF said it hopes to send a convoy from Iran to Baghdad next week with $500,000 in medical supplies for Iraqi women and children. U.N. Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar said reports of civilian casualties have filled him “with anguish and regret.”
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