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  • French helped Iraq to stifle dissent

    04/27/2003 5:00:29 PM PDT · by MadIvan · 68 replies · 1,301+ views
    The Daily Telegraph ^ | April 28, 2003 | Alex Spillius and Andrew Sparrow
    France colluded with the Iraqi secret service to undermine a Paris conference held by the prominent human rights group Indict, according to documents found in the foreign ministry in Baghdad. Various documents state that the Iraqis believed the French were doing their utmost to prevent the meeting from going ahead. Ann Clwyd, the Labour MP who chairs Indict, said last night that she would be demanding an apology from the French government for its behaviour, which she described as "atrocious". The files, retrieved from the looted and burned foreign ministry by The Telegraph last week, detail the warmth and strength...