Chirac says France is prepared to veto U.S.-backed resolution
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
PARIS -- President Jacques Chirac said Monday that France was prepared to veto the U.S.-backed resolution on Iraq if necessary, joining Russia in saying it would vote against giving Saddam Hussein a March 17 deadline to disarm.
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