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  • Powell: Anti-war states "afraid of responsibility"

    02/19/2003 1:11:14 AM PST · by witnesstothefall · 4 replies · 243+ views
    Reuters ^ | Feb 19, 2003
    PARIS, - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday accused countries like France that want much longer arms inspections in Iraq of being "afraid" to take responsibility for a possible war. In an interview with French public radio France Info, he also said Washington already had United Nations authority under November's resolution 1441 to use force even without a second resolution it was now drafting. France, which has a veto in the Security Council, says it sees no need for a new resolution. "It cannot be a satisfactory solution for inspections just to continue forever because some nations are...