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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8786

16 September 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/iraq
EU would appreciate invitation to forthcoming conference of neighbour countries, says Bernard Bot - Chris Patten welcomes return of multilateralism and attacks American neo-conservatives - Several MEPs call for suspension of bombing, others for troops to be withdrawn - Call for hostages to be freed

Strasbourg, 15/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's debate on Iraq was held in Strasbourg on Wednesday in a climate very much sobered by uncertainty about the fate of the hostages- two French journalists and two young Italians from the NGO "A Bridge for Baghdad". "Let us not forget that very many Iraqis have also been the victims of violence, mainly those which have been involved in the reconstruction of their country", said Council President Bernard Bot. The Dutch Foreign...

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