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Thursday, February 20, 2003
posted by gbarto at 12:57 AM:
Here come your French news headlines:Le Monde says The UN pushes Iraq to destroy missiles. It says it's getting ready to deliver a letter after the next round of inspections of missile producing sites. Why wait? Why not demand that Iraq immediately work toward compliance?
And in the Philippines, there's a Resurgence of Violence on the Island of Mindanao. 50 dead over the last day or so as government forces clash with warriors for the religion of peace.
Le Figaro reports that Washington wants to make France bend. That's their headline regarding plans for a second US-sponsored UN resolution. As goes Chirac, so goes Le Figaro. They're both a little... overwrought of late.
Libération leads with France-Africa, return to flames. The French are doing their damnedest to prove the futility of military action in the Ivory Coast while trying to extend their authority and the possibility of order in a region fraught with war and crisis. The TurkeyBlog will spare you the lectures on France's arrogance in assuming that what it does is ok since it's a force for humanity while the US probably only cares about oil.
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