France says security must be restored in Iraq

AP WorldStream ^ | 4-11-03

[Oldeconomybuyer]

MADRID, Spain, Apr 11, 2003 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said Friday that security must be restored to Iraq, and reiterated that the United Nations must have a central role in reconstruction.

"The most urgent matter in Iraq today is security, before undertaking the challenge of the political, administrative, social and economic reconstruction," de Villepin said after a meeting with Spanish counterpart Ana Palacio in Madrid.

"Iraq has to be a safe country again," he said.

Law and order has collapsed with the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in the face of the U.S.-led invasion, with citizens going on looting sprees across the country.

France led European opposition to the war along with Germany and Russia, and has insisted the United Nations has to take the key role in rebuilding the country once the fighting is over.

"Reconstruction can only be based on international legitimacy. We need international legitimacy. We need energy and support from all the countries in the region, from the Arab word, from the international community, because the only possibility of achieving positive results is that everyone works in the same direction," de Villepin said.

He also called on the international community to seek peace in the Middle East region by finding solutions to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

[WorksinKOP]

Where's the "Not this S*** Again" graphic?

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[ken5050]

"Iraq has to be a safe country AGAIN"......can you believe it?

[johniegrad]

"Iraq has to be a safe country again," he said.

This idiot is implying that it was safe before.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Where is the French Embassy's email address????

[anniegetyourgun]

Dumminique is a low a whale poop.

[anniegetyourgun]

a = as

[thinktwice]

Victor Hugo, describing French customs ...

Such are our customs. We do not devour, we gnaw; we do not exterminate, we clutch.

Les Miserables, Signet Classic edition, page 598

[TontoKowalski]

Restore security? I bet France would start with locking those children up again!

[Billthedrill]

Yeah, Villepin is a real expert on providing internal security. How's that intervention in the Ivory Coast going, mon ami?

[Diogenesis]

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France is not safe. France is "Old Europe" and the "New AntiSemitism"

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A 3-D GRAPH OF FRANCE's EMPTY CREDIBILITY AND ABSENT HONOR

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[A CA Guy]

"France says security must be restored in Iraq"

What a disgusting country. You heard nothing productive for Iraq citizens from them while a murdering dictator was killing them off and torturing them, but now, they want "SECURITY RESTORED".
It would almost be too scary to ask them to define SECURITY!

The whole countries leadership comes off like Hitler to me these days. I am NOT kidding folks.
Granted like Hitlers with surrendering armys and big mouths.

[TheBigB]

I've said it before, I'll say it agan...Fruck Fance.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

See #12

[johnb838]

Maybe Vile Lapin ought to fly to Baghdad and meet with some of the Iraqi people personally in the park in front of the Palestine. I bet they'd explain the situation 'on the ground' to him. With their shoes!

[ken5050]

French embassy e-mail address: www.scaredfrogs.gov

[techcor]

France, Germany, and Russia are like a bunch of idiots at a fire telling the firemen how to do their jobs. Probably want medals for it afterwards.

[Plutarch]

"Them buttons wuz shot off when I took this town, Chirac"

[Badfoil]

That would be a big DUH ALERT to France. Your French intellegence is killing me.