UN Security Council split over disarming Saddam: Germany opposed
"Germany said bluntly that it would not support any use of force to compel Iraq to disarm fearing "disastrous consequences"... German Foreign Joschka Fischer said Berlin would reject the use of force because it could destabilise the Middle East and hamper the anti-terror campaign. "These are fundamental reasons for our rejection of military action," Fischer said."

UN Security Council split over disarming Saddam: Germany opposed
"Germany said bluntly that it would not support any use of force to compel Iraq to disarm fearing "disastrous consequences"... German Foreign Joschka Fischer said Berlin would reject the use of force because it could destabilise the Middle East and hamper the anti-terror campaign. "These are fundamental reasons for our rejection of military action," Fischer said."