This flare up was the latest in a series of problems that have arisen while the United Nations has attempted to convince Hussein's regime to comply with U.N. resolutions passed at the end of the Gulf War in 1991. The United Nations has maintained pressure on Iraq by using sanctions in hopes of eliminating Iraq's ability to wage war with weapons of mass destruction, specifically nuclear, chemical and biological.
Death is like that.
It always has bad timing. It just ain't fair.