German Chancellor Reaffirms Opposition to Iraqi War

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German Chancellor Reaffirms Opposition to Iraqi War

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder reiterated Sunday the German government's opposition to any military strike against Iraq.

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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder reiterated Sunday the German government's opposition to any military strike against Iraq.

Speaking to a meeting of the Social-democrat Party of Germany (SPD), the chancellor won applause for his position of standing upto the United States over Baghdad.

"Our position on Iraq has not changed and will not change," said Schroeder, adding that he would hold on this attitude "without false zeal and without arrogance".

He claimed that the trans-Atlantic relationship was so strong that it would last such differences.

The relations between Berlin and Washington have been at the lowest level in years since Schroeder and his SPD comrades criticized the US intention on launching a war against Iraq in theelection campaign.

US officials reacted angrily on the criticism from Germany, with US President George W. Bush even remaining silent on Schroeder's reelection.

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