This month, United Nations officials and Western diplomats are blaming Unita for the standstill.

But diplomats blamed an underground Shiite extremist group, Al Daawa - The Call - for an attack just north of Baghdad on Sept. 7 in which 50 to 100 people are believed to have been killed.

But above all, the same experts and diplomats blame President Clinton for letting the relationship deteriorate, failing to give it priority or to fight forcefully for the United Nations in Congress.

For the most part, Western diplomats blame Unita for the stalling.

Indian diplomats blamed Sri Lankan soldiers for the killing.

Foreign diplomats and Church leaders blamed the Salvadoran armed forces.

Iran's ranking diplomat in the United States, in an interview today, blamed the Americans for his country's reluctance to reveal details of its nuclear program.

Many Western diplomats blame Sandinista efforts to sabotage the economy.

Aoun, and most Western diplomats, blamed the LF militia for the attack, but Geaga claimed that it had been organized by Aoun's own intelligence officers in an attempt to gain a measure of international sympathy.

Western diplomats and some of Mr. Zadran's Afghan rivals blame the United States military for propping him up.