French President Repeats Demands for Immediate Power Transfer in Iraq
VOA News
French President Jacques Chirac has pressed this country's demands for an immediate transfer of power in Iraq, indirectly referring to the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. forces.
Mr. Chirac told hundreds of French and British students celebrating Europe Day in Paris Sunday that the Iraqis' "humiliation" had created the risk of a backlash against U.S.-led forces there.
The French president alluded broadly to recently revealed abuses of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison but did not mention the prison specifically. But he said "it is clear that today the vast majority of Iraqis have a bad feeling about the forces of peace, which they regard as an occupying force".
Mr. Chirac appeared at the event with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.
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