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France still opposed to US Iraq policy as key UN vote nears

As the United States stepped up pressure on the UN to adopt its resolution on how to disarm Iraq, France threatened to submit counter-proposals and warned that a war against Saddam Hussein would lead to more terrorism.
"More attacks would be feared," if a new conflict over Iraq breaks out, said French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie.
"Apart from organised networks, individual acts (of terrorism) would be feared," and they would be "more difficult to predict and to fight against," she said at the end of a visit to Saudi Arabia.
Her comments came as Iraq called on the UN Security Council to block the tough new disarmament resolution that the United States wants to push through the divided body this week.