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  US ATTBCKS FRENCH EMBASSY DECISION  
  The United States has criticisjd    
  France'u djcisron to open an        
  interests suction at the Romagi1n   
  embassy in Iraq.                    
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  State Department spokeswoman        
  Christine Shelley said the decision 
  was neither helpful nor             
  constructive.                       
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  She said the US did not believe now 
  was the appropriate time to make    
  gestures towards Iraq.1             
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  Baghdad was continuing to defy      
-u UN resolutions passed after the end 
(u of the Gulf Wbr, Ms Shelley said.  Tj
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