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France briefed Iraq on war

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France briefed Iraq on war: report
April 27, 2003

FRANCE gave Saddam Hussein's regime regular reports on its dealings with US officials, The Sunday Times reported, quoting files it had found in the wreckage of the Iraqi foreign ministry.

The conservative British weekly said the information kept Saddam abreast of every development in US planning and may have helped him to prepare for war.

One report warned of a US "attempt to involve Iraq with terrorism" as "cover for an attack on Iraq", according to The Sunday Times.

Another, dated September 25, 2001, from Naji Sabri, the Iraqi foreign minister, to Saddam's palace, was based on a briefing from the French ambassador in Baghdad and covered talks between presidents Jacques Chirac and US President George W Bush.

Chirac was said to have been told that the US was "100 per cent certain Osama bin Laden was behind the September 11 attacks and that the answer of the United States would be decisive".

The report also gave a detailed account of American attitudes towards Saddam amid anxiety in Iraq that the country might soon become a target of US reprisals.

"Information available to the French embassy in Washington suggests that there is no intention on the part of the Americans to attack Iraq, but that matters might change quickly," said one document from folders marked "France 2001" found by The Sunday Times.

Bernard Jenkin, defence spokesman for Britain's opposition Conservative Party, told the paper that the briefings went beyond diplomatic courtesies and pointed to French "duplicitousness".

France came in for sustained attack from Britain's tabloid press in the run-up to and during the Iraq war for opposing early military action against Saddam's regime, with the Sun newspaper notably labelling Chirac a "worm".

Nice to know who your friends are.

The French can pound sand for all I care at the moment.

Well, the Russians are said to have helped Iraq too, with serious intelligence gathering.

But these are just the things we hear about; there's bound to be more...

Back-stabbing french, would not expect anything less.

Its time the French Fried.

We can't be too harsh, everyone has errors in judgement you know:

<img src="http://www.msnbc.com/news/1639839.jpg">

Funny how people can only get that *one* picture of Rumsfeld, and then seem to think that somehow makes up for Frances continued support for Iraq.

Of course, I could put up some pictures of the French president giving Saddam a guided tour of a French nuclear power plant years ago, but that would be just as stupid.

Christ, do those bitches need to be invaded again before they stop sticking it to us?

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Originally posted by Dragonlich
Funny how people can only get that *one* picture of Rumsfeld, and then seem to think that somehow makes up for Frances continued support for Iraq.

Of course, I could put up some pictures of the French president giving Saddam a guided tour of a French nuclear power plant years ago, but that would be just as stupid.

There you go:
<img src="http://www.shalomjerusalem.com/weasels/chirac_saddam_1976.jpg">
Never said I loved the French.

The french do seem to have some disturbing links to Iraq.

It will be interesting to see what else comes out of it.

I for one hope France is removed from the security council as a permanent member.