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Huge support for Chirac's Iraq stanceFriday March 21, 04:02 AMPARIS (Reuters) - Public support for French President Jacques Chirac's stout opposition to a U.S.-led war in Iraq climbed to 92 percent, according to a poll. The IFOP poll for Le Figaro daily newspaper on Friday compared to 86 percent who backed the veteran leader in a separate poll released on Monday, before the conflict started. IFOP, which interviewed 1,003 people on Thursday, day of the first U.S. military strikes against Iraqi targets, said 87 percent of those polled opposed the use of force. Sixty-two percent of those polled said they...