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PM says Canada
will not fight in Iraq
Last Updated Mon, 17 Mar 2003 14:38:30 OTTAWA - Prime Minister Jean Chr�tien said Monday that Canada
will not go to war against Iraq.
He said the government would only support military action if there were a
United Nations Security Council resolution, and the Council backers of an attack
decided Monday to withdraw their resolution.
Without a resolution, "Canada will not participate," Chr�tien said to cheers
in Parliament.
The U.S. and Britain, which has been seeking suport for the resolution,
withdrew it when it became clear that it did not have enough backing to pass.
He ducked a New Democratic Party request for a formal debate and vote on
Iraq, and a Progressive Conservative question on whether Canada had a legal
opinion on the legality of an attack.
Chr�tien said Canada had worked hard to find a compromise between the
opposing views on the Council. |
