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Dear All, Just in case anyone misunderstood my reasons for posting yesterday's Independent article to the list let me state that I think Ann Clwyd has completely lost it when it comes to Iraq. I thought her statement- in context - was awful. I would have posted the Guardian article to the site as well (where she came across as even more unhinged) but it wasn't on-line. For those of you who don't usually get the Independent Felicity Arbuthnot has an article in today's edition. Regards, Gabriel. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 07:21:54 +0100 (BST) From: "J. Vernon" <jv205@hermes.cam.ac.uk> To: Gabriel Carlyle <carlyle@maths.ox.ac.uk> Subject: Re: ANN CLWYD SAYS IT'S "UNFAIR TO GIVE THE CHILD SPECIAL TREATMENT" Dear Gabriel, Last night I heard Ann Clwyd saying on the world service that 'there have always been exemptions for food and medicines' under the sanctions arrangements. This is a bit like saying 'there has always been a right to free speech under the US constitution' - strictly speaking, it's true, but Americans have got into trouble for exercising this right. Clwyd knows that all kinds of items are in practice banned from Iraq; her cynical statement exposes her for the Madeleine Albright clone that she is, though she likes to pose as a principled socialist in her internal bickering with Labour Party whips. By insisting that Saddam is the problem, Clwyd is trying to divert attention from Britain's leading role in the dismantling of what was once a sophisticated urban economy. It follows that we should give no support whatever to her campaign for the prosecution of Saddam; British dictators have no moral basis for judging their erstwhile partners in crime. Jeff Vernon/Cambridge -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html