France shifts its stance on the conflict in Iraq

After years of shunning involvement in a war it said was wrong, France now believes it may hold the key to peace in Iraq, proposing itself as an "honest broker" between the Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish factions.

The shift was one of the most concrete consequences yet of the thaw in French-American relations following the election in May of President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose administration no longer feels bound by the adamant refusal to take a role in ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Aug 22, 2007 - 9:47 AM PDT
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Stylish European approach to new diplomatic rumblings in france. Not the Dem's and GOP ...and fresh take....

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