Weekly Report - 23 September 2003
MEXICO-US: Troops for Iraq not on the agenda
When General Richard Myers, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, turned up in Mexico last week, there was much speculation that he would be sounding out Mexican defence minister Gerardo Clemente Vega on the possibility of Mexico sending troops to help out in Iraq. After all, at the time the Pentagon was busy putting out feelers on this subject to Brazil, Chile and Argentina.
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