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Dubya
No,no slanted anti-Bush, reporting here..... Rush to war, my god, over 10 years is now a "rush to war"?
manfromamerica
GREAT NEWS!
arrestpaul
Chirac is facing charges that he masterminded a scheme to have Paris City Hall pay for work that benefited his political party when he was mayor —before he became president in 1995.
I can't help but wonder why Bush is even mentioned in this story?
SolidariTea
Bush gets the last laugh again.
smithinjapan
"If the trial goes ahead as planned, Chirac, 78, faces a month in court"
A month in court?? Sounds boring.
SuperLib
But he was anti-Bush. Doesn't that grant him some kind of immunity?
Wolfpack
Ironically, it is France that is now led by a conservative and the US by a left winger. Under Obama, the US has actually become France. Maybe someday Obama will get his own day in court as well.
Sarge
From the article: "The former president, a bugaboo for George W Bush during his rush to war in Iraq... Chirac was perhaps best known internationally for vocally opposing Bush's drive to war in Iraq"
I wonder if Chirac will be convicted of the charges against him in this trial.
SolidariTea
Meanwhile Bush chills on his ranch, smirking...