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> sorry to send out yet another email, just thought this was worth quoting:
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> "[Saddam Hussein] is the only leader anywhere in the world that I know of
> who has used weapons of mass destruction. 5,000 people, mainly women and
> children, died as a result of his use of weapons of mass destruction."
> -- Tony Blair, in Prime Minister's Questions today (11/11/98)
It seems that Blair suffers from a great deal of ignorance, or a
serious case of selective memory. What the use of chemical weapons by
Churchill in 1919 against Iraq, or the use of depleted uranium by the UK
in 1991 against Iraq, or, shall we remind him of the US's track record in
the use of these weaponry?
It is also ironic that he cities "5,000 people," since it is
approximately 5,000 children that the sanctions - which he supports - are
killing in Iraq every month.
Thank you for the quote, Seb. Where was the quote published? It
would be good to respond w/ letters to the editor.
- Rania Masri
Iraq Action Coalition
http://leb.net/IAC/
> > Quite apart from the dubiousness of the first sentence, he's calling
> weapons which have killed 5,000 people weapons of mass destruction, and
> not the sanctions which have resulted in an "increase in mortality >
reported in public hospitals for children under five years of age...of >
some 40,000 deaths *yearly* compared with 1989" (quote from "Situation >
Analysis of Children and Women in Iraq", UNICEF, 30th April 1998) >
(emphasis addded) > > > -- >
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