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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR

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To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (3224)1/22/2003 6:57:22 PM
From: Ed Huang  Read Replies (3) of 25898
 
EU Allies Unite Against Iraq War

Wednesday, 22 January, 2003, 21:54 GMT

The two leaders stand shoulder to shoulder on Iraq

The leaders of France and Germany have pledged to intensify their co-operation against a US-led war against Iraq.
The decision was announced in Paris, at a joint news conference by President Jacques Chirac and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on the 40th anniversary of the two countries' post-war friendship treaty.

In an example of the Franco-German opposition, the Nato alliance was unable to approve a US request to advance military planning in the event of war.

Both the US and Britain are sending troops to the Gulf region in preparation for a possible attack on Iraq, which has been ordered to show it has no banned weapons of mass destruction.

And in a further sign that that a military intervention may be unavoidable, President George W Bush threatened with war crimes charges any Iraqis who used banned weapons in a possible conflict

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