U.K. Hints at Punishment for France
Fri Apr 25,12:45 AM ET

By ED JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer

LONDON - France may face consequences for opposing the U.S.-led war against Iraq (news - web sites), Britain's foreign secretary said Thursday, echoing similar warnings from Washington...

Straw also said the war could have been avoided if France and Russia had joined Britain and the United States in giving Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) "a really tough ultimatum" on getting rid of weapons of mass destruction.

"Decisions have consequences and some of the approaches which were taken by some of our continental colleagues were simply inexplicable to most people in the U.S.," the British Broadcasting Corp. quoted Straw as saying.

"My criticism of my colleagues in France and elsewhere in Europe...is that they all willed the end, which was the disarmament of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction and his compliance with the U.N., but they failed to will the means," he told a BBC phone-in show.


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