Fox News reports that France was giving intelligence information to Iraq.

France gave Saddam Hussein's regime regular reports on its dealings with American officials, documents unearthed in the wreckage of the Iraqi foreign ministry have revealed.

The first Iraqi files to emerge documenting French help for the regime show that Paris shared with Baghdad the contents of private transatlantic meetings and diplomatic traffic from Washington...

The information, said in the files to have come partly from "friends of Iraq" at the French foreign ministry, kept Saddam abreast of every development in American planning and may have helped him to prepare for war.

I wonder if this had anything to do with their strong opposition to the liberation of Iraq? I would also guess that their post-liberation ass kissing wasn't just about getting post-war reconstruction contracts. Perhaps they were sucking up for the day when we discovered just how far in bed they were with the Iraqi regime.

When I think about it, France helping Iraq prepare for war would explain why the Coalition rode to such a quick victory. Should we be smiting France or thanking them?