PARIS (AP) -- President Jacques Chirac on Tuesday called on troops to be ready for deployment in case of hostilities, in the clearest suggestion so far that France would participate in military move against Iraq. "To be prepared is at the heart of the soldier's job," Chirac said during a New Year's address to the armed forces. "Particularly, we have to be attentive to the way in which United Nations Security Council resolution 1441 is applied by Iraq." Chirac said there was reason to believe that French forces will continue to be needed in certain "operational theaters," a reference to...