France's Sarkozy: Military Strike On Iran Would Trigger Middle East War

By DPA

French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned against any military intervention against Iran over its nuclear program, saying a strike on Iran would "trigger war and chaos in the Middle East."

At his annual New Year's address to diplomats in Paris, Sarkozy warned "a military intervention would not solve the problem (of Iran's nuclear program) but would trigger war and chaos in the Middle East and maybe the world."

France would "do everything to avoid a military intervention," he said, calling instead for "much stronger sanctions" against Iran.

Sarkozy's remarks come amid fresh tensions between Iran and the West since a report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog late last year, which said Iran had tested designs normally used to make a nuclear weapon.

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France's Sarkozy: Military Strike On Iran Would Trigger Middle East War (Original post)	Purveyor	Jan 2012	OP
No fooling him, eh? nt	bemildred	Jan 2012	#1
du rec. nt	xchrom	Jan 2012	#2
Which will trigger the rapture...or so the neocons hope...	joeybee12	Jan 2012	#3
No country is going to attack Iran. It would be suicide.	tabatha	Jan 2012	#4
I think we can file this under "doy comma no"	JackintheGreen	Jan 2012	#5
Listening to repug debates?	elleng	Jan 2012	#7
No, reading Gary Dorrien	JackintheGreen	Jan 2012	#8
Hooorraay!	ewagner	Jan 2012	#6
don't tell john bolton...he can taste the war	spanone	Jan 2012	#9
Then the world can call for "much stronger sanctions" against France...	cpwm17	Jan 2012	#10