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To: Elsewhere who wrote (8778)9/21/2003 7:19:25 AM
From: LindyBill  Respond to of 793919
 
Chirac bluntly insisted that power should be handed back to Iraqis in a 'few months'. ...


Polls show the average Iraqi does not want us to leave. He knows that the Baathists would take over if we ran. Guess Chirac wants them back in power.



To: Elsewhere who wrote (8778)9/21/2003 7:24:26 AM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793919
 
President Jacques Chirac derailed an effort by Tony Blair to mend divisions between Europe and the United States over Iraq by insisting on an "immediate transfer" of power to the Iraqi governing council. ...

A recipe for disaster, and Chirac knows it. I am beginning to believe - Chirac bets on it.

Derek