Danish Opposition Demands Apology From PM For Taking Part In War

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041007/ap_on_re_eu/denmark_iraq&cid=518&ncid=1473

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - The Social Democratic-led opposition demanded Thursday that Denmark's prime minister apologize for backing the U.S.-led war in Iraq (news - web sites) and for contributing Danish troops.



"We have a shared responsibility for a war waged on a false basis," said Mogens Lykketoft, the leader of the Social Democrats, the largest opposition group. Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen "should say, 'Sorry, we didn't go to war on the right basis.'"


The criticism came a day after the chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq said there was no evidence Baghdad produced weapons of mass destruction after 1991. President Bush (news - web sites) cited the existence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction as a justification for war.


Fogh Rasmussen, who did not react to the criticism in parliament, repeatedly has said Denmark backed the invasion of Iraq because Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) refused to cooperate with the United Nations (news - web sites). That, and not the issue of banned weapons, was Denmark's motive, he said.

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1. Bush also refused to cooperate with the United Nations.

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2. Damn the coalition is turning their backs already...Suckers!