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I refer to the comments made by Harriet Griffin which are insulting, inaccurate and misleading. She quotes me incompletely from my adjournment debate on the 29th June 1999. The full passage reads "I shall start by telling the Minister what I'm not going to talk about. The character of the Iraqi regime has been effectively carpet bombed on many occassions by hon. Members throughout the House. In the 15 minutes available to me, I do not intend to add to the many statements, speeches and interventions on the subject that I have made over the years. I hope that my hon. Friend will take them as read. However, I note that paragraph 14 of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 demands the establishmnent of a middle east free of weapons of mass destruction. I support that goal and call for the Iraqi regime to forswear such weapons, as I call on Israel - which sits atop an easily verifiable mountain of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons - to forswear them also." In an adjournment debate a Member has only 15 minutes to make their arguement. I referred to the "many statements" etc I have made over the years to the "character of the Iraqi regime" and asked the Minister to take them as read. If Ms Griffin would like to consult the Hansard records over many years she might find what she's looking for. After all I was an opponent of the Iraqi regime as far back as the 1970's; long before those now justifying the mass murder of the Iraqi population had woken up to it's "character". George Galloway MP -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Please do not sent emails with attached files to the list *** Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html ***