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Fears grow about split over Iraq

TRANSATLANTIC ROW French and German exporters are watching for a potential consumer backlash in the US as divisions grow over military action in the Middle East

REUTERS , LONDON

At least one US restaurateur has stopped selling French wine and champagne. Italian New Yorker Enzo Lentini said on Thursday that he was angered by newspaper reports that France would not take part in a NATO plan to protect Turkey in the event of a war in Iraq.

"The Turkish people had asked for help in case of war, they are part of the alliance, but the French refused and I think that is really rude," said Lentini, 37, general manager of Lentini Restaurant.

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