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France Denies Israeli Report of Sarkozy’s Obama-bashing

The French government called "baseless" a report in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that quoted an unnamed Israeli government official as saying the behind closed doors, President Nicolas Sarkozy had harsh words for American presidential candidate Barack Obama. The report said that after the two men met in Paris last summer, Sarkozy told confidants that Obama’s stance on Iran is "utterly immature" and was based on "formulations empty of all content." The report comes as the McCain campaign continues its efforts to press the Los Angeles Times into releasing a video that shows Obama at a party with a former spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Organization and the controversial Bill Ayers. Last April, the paper ran the story saying the three were at the party and admits it has the video proving it. But is says the condition under which it received the video was that it not be released.