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Friday, July 02, 2004

# Posted 1:57 PM by Patrick Belton  

FRANCE: 'WHEN WE DO IT, IT'S MERELY EXPRESSING AN OPINION....'

'We are opposed to the application of the death penalty under any circumstances.' Deputy FM Pozzo di Borgo, commenting on whether the sovereign government of Iraq would choose to apply the death penalty to Saddam Hussein after a fair trial convicted him of genocide.

'But when they do it, it's meddling....'

'Not only did he go too far, but he went into territory that isn't his. It's a bit like if I told the United States how they should manage their relations with Mexico.' President Chirac, responding to President Bush's comment that Turkey was and should be part of Europe.
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Comments:
Very well put.
 
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