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To: KonKilo who wrote (104929)	7/12/2003 10:32:08 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Chirac: International Justice 'Suddenly a Bad Idea' (2003-07-11) -- French President Jacques Chirac, a vocal supporter of the International Criminal Court, the European Union, and the United Nations said today that France is a sovereign nation and international courts or tribunals are "suddenly a bad idea." A spokesman for Mr. Chirac said his new pronouncement has "no connection whatever" with yesterday's revelation that the U.N. war crimes tribunal has received evidence that Mr. Chirac may have cut a deal to protect accused Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic. telegraph.co.uk Gen. Mladic, still at large, stands accused of war crimes resulting in the deaths of thousands. "Globalism is overrated," said a written statement from Mr. Chirac. "International tribunals and courts open the doors to political opportunists with anti-French agendas. This, I find, is suddenly a bad idea." SCRAPPLEFACE scrappleface.com