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Article: France, Belgium break NATO's silence procedure on Iraq issue

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February 10, 2003
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France, Belgium break NATO's silence procedure on Iraq issue

BRUSSELS, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- France and Belgium broke the " silence procedure" of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on provision of support the United States and Turkey in case of Iraq war, a NATO official said here on Monday.

The official, who declined to be named, said that there has not yet any stance from Germany, one of the three staunchest opponents within the military bloc of making immediate military initiatives when diplomatic means of resolving the Iraq crisis have not been exhausted.

"So far France and Belgium broke the silence. The council (NATO ' s decision-making North Atlantic Council) is having an ...

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