Irish Times Article - Bush claims most of Europe backed him on Iraq: "President Bush suggested last night that there were not major differences between the US and Europe over Iraq, but just with France.
France had opposed the US position but 'most of Europe supported the decision on Iraq. Most European countries are very supportive and are participating in the reconstruction of Iraq'.
... Some 4,000 [Irish Police--a quarter of the entire national police force] and 2,000 troops were deployed around Shannon Airport and Dromoland Castle last night, along with a range of military equipment and vehicles including Scorpion tanks. Anti-war campaigners said the tanks were entirely inappropriate for the task of dealing with protesters, and demanded that they be withdrawn."
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