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Over the past few years, France has won the reputation as being the leading anti-American voice of the Western world.* Of late, news has been trickling out of France which suggests that President Chirac has taken his opposition to the U.S. to a new level. One example includes allowing the pro-Ba’th pro-Saddam group “La Resistance” to operate out of Paris. The group’s main goal is to support killing U.S. troops in Iraq. (For more information visit comitesirak.free.fr/eng/why.htm).
Another example of anti-Americanism occurred less than two weeks ago when the French government hosted Lebanese Parliamentarian Walid Jumblatt, Head of the Progressive Socialist Party, who enjoyed an unprecedented state visit to France. As Ahmad Al-Jarallah, Editor in Chief of the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassah, reported on December 4th, “Walid Jumblatt…[was] recently given a send-off befitting a state leader at the Elysee Palace by French President Jacques Chirac.”* According to the Lebanese Daily Star, “Jumblatt’s visit to the French capital was considered by some political figures as historic, and as bringing him merit on the regional and international levels.”
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This is significant because Jumblatt is known for his vehement anti-American statements and antagonistic stance toward the U.S.*On November, 19, 2003, it was reported that the State Department cancelled Jumblatt’s diplomatic visa following revelations that he expressed regret that Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz was not killed in a missile attack during a visit to Baghdad.
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More recently, Jumblatt gave an interview to the Arabic London-based Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat on February 12, 2004, in which he said: “We are all happy when U.S. soldiers are killed [in Iraq] week in and week out. The killing of U.S. soldiers in Iraq is legitimate and obligatory.” The Progressive Socialist Party leader has also said he felt “great joy” at the destruction of the U.S. Space Shuttle Columbia in 2002, because it carried an Israeli astronaut.
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Another example of anti-Americanism occurred less than two weeks ago when the French government hosted Lebanese Parliamentarian Walid Jumblatt, Head of the Progressive Socialist Party, who enjoyed an unprecedented state visit to France. As Ahmad Al-Jarallah, Editor in Chief of the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassah, reported on December 4th, “Walid Jumblatt…[was] recently given a send-off befitting a state leader at the Elysee Palace by French President Jacques Chirac.”* According to the Lebanese Daily Star, “Jumblatt’s visit to the French capital was considered by some political figures as historic, and as bringing him merit on the regional and international levels.”
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This is significant because Jumblatt is known for his vehement anti-American statements and antagonistic stance toward the U.S.*On November, 19, 2003, it was reported that the State Department cancelled Jumblatt’s diplomatic visa following revelations that he expressed regret that Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz was not killed in a missile attack during a visit to Baghdad.
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More recently, Jumblatt gave an interview to the Arabic London-based Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat on February 12, 2004, in which he said: “We are all happy when U.S. soldiers are killed [in Iraq] week in and week out. The killing of U.S. soldiers in Iraq is legitimate and obligatory.” The Progressive Socialist Party leader has also said he felt “great joy” at the destruction of the U.S. Space Shuttle Columbia in 2002, because it carried an Israeli astronaut.
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