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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rich4eagle who wrote (291289)	8/28/2002 6:01:49 PM
From: Baldur Fjvlnisson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Belgium warns Blair over US relationship Ian Black in Brussels and Jon Henley in Paris Wednesday August 28, 2002 The Guardian politics.guardian.co.uk Tony Blair got a fresh warning of trouble ahead from Europe yesterday when the Belgian foreign minister openly attacked him for "submissively" following the US lead on Iraq. Remarks by Louis Michel were shrugged off by British officials but found an echo in a wider Europe increasingly alarmed at signs of US determination to bring down Saddam Hussein. The German chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, yesterday reiterated that he would not support George Bush in an attack on Iraq if Baghdad does not allow UN weapons inspectors back in. "Someone who is supposed to be disposed of with the aid of a military intervention will be hard to persuade to let inspectors into the country," Mr Schröder told RTL television. Mr Michel told the Belgian daily Het Laatste Nieuws: "Morally and politically we could take charge in the world. But the British are blocking that. They still don't understand that they could play a pioneer role in Europe instead of submissively following the US." The French foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, said the international community must maintain "with the greatest possible firmness" its insistence on weapons inspections but added that if no satisfaction was obtained, no military action could be taken without a security council decision. Special reports Iraq Guardian Unlimited Politics: Britain and Iraq Israel & the Middle East George Bush's America Interactive guides Iraq under threat - how the US might attack The Gulf war Countdown to war? 30.07.2002: Timeline 30.07.2002: Five options for ousting Saddam Iraq in pictures Photo gallery: 10 years after the Gulf war The weblog Weblog special: America at war Media, information and portals 20.12.2001: Guardian Unlimited news guide - Iraq Middle East News Online Arab Gateway: Iraq briefing Middle East Daily Useful links Iraq sanctions - UN security council UN special commission on Iraq Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq