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- ↑ Orin, Deborah (January 24, 2003). "AXIS OF WEASEL – GERMANY AND FRANCE WIMP OUT ON IRAQ; COLIN RAPS FRENCH, GERMAN WIMPS". New York Post. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
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