Saturday, December 21, 2002

U.S. MUST JUSTIFY ANY ATTACK ON IRAQ
PM COOL ON IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH BUSH

The U.S. will have to justify to the world any declaration of war against Iraq, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien says.

If UN weapons inspector Hans Blix "says we found nothing and Saddam says we have nothing, that moment the Americans will have to prove them wrong," Mr. Chrétien told Global National during the network's annual year-end interview…

Mr. Chrétien maintained that while unilateral U.S. action was a "hypothetical" question, Canada would not join any attack without UN support…

"I'm not a person who feels obliged to be seen with the president of the United States all the time. I said that to them, to Mr. Bush and to Mr. Clinton. I said the prime minister of Canada does not want to look like the 51st state of America," said Mr. Chrétien…





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