INTERVIEW WITH JOSCHKA FISCHER
GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER

GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTRY

August 15, 2002

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Your negative stance on German involvement in a potential war in Iraq is well-known. Your main problem is international terrorism...

... and solving regional conflicts.

But how could and would Germany have to act if it was possible to prove that Saddam Hussein is supplying terrorists with weapons of mass destruction?

Then the situation would be completely different. You can be quite sure that we are keeping a close eye on developments. But let me say quite clearly: that is not the situation we are in at the minute.

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