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France threatens war on Iraq...
WARNING: Don't read this if you're drinking coffee...France has made its strongest statement of support yet for military action against Iraq. French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said that if President Saddam Hussein fails to comply with the Security Council resolution on inspection and disarmament, force will inevitably be used against Baghdad. Did he say by whom? During more than four weeks of argument with the United States about the resolution, France consistently argued that it should not give automatic authorisation for military action. In an interview on France Inter radio, Mr de Villepin noted that Saddam Hussein now knew perfectly well what would happen if he did not comply with the resolution. Despite Mr de Villepin's comments, it is still presumably the French Government's position that the Security Council should take the final decision on military action. Washington's view is that that isn't necessary, and indeed the resolution doesn't say it is. Funny, how they forgot to put that in... See? I warned you about drinking coffee. You can get a new keyboard fairly cheap here. Thanks to Jussi for the headzup! Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-11-12 |
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