World IN BRIEF : BRITAIN : London Reportedly Opposed Iraq Truce
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Charles Powell, a member of the British war cabinet during the Persian Gulf War, said Britain wanted to continue fighting Iraq but was forced into a cease-fire by the United States. Powell said in a TV documentary that the British “wanted to inflict the greatest possible defeat on Saddam Hussein” but that the American desire to end the fighting prevailed. A spokesman for Prime Minister John Major refused to comment on whether there had been any disagreement between Major and President Bush on the issue.
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