The Washington Post, January 11th, 2003
As President Jacques Chirac attempts to prepare the French public for possible war with Iraq, opinion polls show strong opposition to a conflict and growing disquiet among members of Chirac's political grouping in parliament. War opponents have become more vocal in recent days, after Chirac this week told the military to be prepared for a possible conflict. This suggests the president faces a difficult task in winning backing for any war that France, as a U.N. Security Council member and strong U.S. ally, would be likely to join. A poll Thursday by the Ipsos organization for the newspaper Le F...
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