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The Associated Press
Wednesday, February 26, 2003; 9:40 AM

In an impassioned appeal, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin warned Wednesday that waging war now against Iraq without exhausting avenues for peace would split the international community and "be perceived as precipitous and illegitimate."

Addressing a debate on the Iraq crisis in the French parliament, Raffarin said France remains committed to continued and strengthened weapons inspections in Iraq.

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