October 13, 2005

The French media are beginning to question Paris' role in the oil-for-food debacle and wondering about 'complicity' The affair also casts a shadow over France's Iraqi policy and raises suspicions about the complicity of top political figures, according to French analysts and newspapers. "These suspicions will knock a deep hole in the image of French diplomacy," said Le Monde. "Even the most indulgent will wonder about the risks of a pro-Arab policy that was at times wilfully blind." 9:14:01 PM