IRAQ

Guardian: Arab Group Won't Recognize Iraqi Council

Arab League members will not recognize Iraq's U.S.-appointed Governing Council and instead will wait until post-Saddam Hussein Iraq is led by an elected government, league Secretary-General Amr Moussa said Tuesday.

``The Council is a start but it should pave the way for a legitimate government that can be recognized,'' Moussa said after a committee of league foreign ministers met to forge a unified stance on how to deal with Iraq after Saddam.