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Responding to what it described as President Bush's failure to fulfill "his responsibility to make a compelling and coherent case" justifying a war on Iraq, the AFL-CIO has for the first time in history voiced opposition to a war supported by the president in office at the time. The resolution passed unanimously yesterday at by the executive council of the AFL-CIO at the federation's winter meeting is the latest and most powerful condemnation of Bush's policy on Iraq to come out of the labor movement (see WIT for Feb. 20, 2003), charging Mr. Bush with isolating America when it most needs allies against terrorism. The resolution pulled no punches in denouncing Saddam Hussein's heinous record on human rights, but insisted in the strongest terms that military action against Mr. Hussein must not proceed without the support of the U.N. and the international community.