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Canadian opposition attacks Chretien over Iraq, calls for apology to US.

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Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien was labelled a "coward" by the leader of the opposition in Parliament, Stephen Harper, in a heated exchange over Canada's role -- or non-role -- in the Iraq war.

Harper, who heads the largest opposition party in Parliament, the right-wing Canadian Alliance, used the word during a shouting match over Chretien's continued refusal to back the US-led coalition against Iraq.

The House of Commons will debate Thursday a motion, moved by Harper, "that the House of Commons of Canada express its regret and apologize for offensive and inappropriate statements made against the United States of…

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