France, Russia and Germany harden stance  France, Russia and
Germany yesterday raised the stakes in their defiance of
Washington's war plans against Iraq, vowing jointly "not to
allow" a resolution authorising war to be passed by the United
Nations security council.  At a hastily convened meeting in
Paris, the three foreign ministers of the anti-war axis hardened
their stance against military action and in favour of
inspections two days before the UN chief weapons inspector is
due to report to the security council.  "We will not allow the
passage of a planned resolution that would authorise the use of
force," the French foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, said
after the meeting with his Russian and German counterparts, Igor
Ivanov and Joschka Fischer.  He refused to say whether France
was prepared to use its veto to block a new resolution already
tabled by Britain, the US and Spain that would give the green
light to the use of force against Baghdad.  But, he said,
"Russia and France, as permanent securit