globeandmail.com: Europe must play greater role in Iraq (by means of the UN): Kouchner - by Asteel Kami
"Everyone knows the Americans will not be able to get this country out of difficulty alone. And so, I have said it and I will say it again, the more the Iraqis request the intervention of the UN the more France will help them," Mr. Kouchner France Foreign Minister told RTL. France opposed military intervention in Iraq in 2003 on the grounds that UN inspectors should be given more time to find weapons of mass destruction, the main reason given by Washington for the invasion. No such weapons have ever been found. The United Nations Security Council voted earlier this month to give the United Nations an expanded political role in Iraq to promote dialogue between rival factions and dialogue with neighbouring countries.
