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>In response, Moonirah wrote: > >Please see:'Iraq-CASI - Discussion' <soc-casi-discuss@lists.cam.ac.uk> > >With the greatest of respect to all discussion participants and The Moderator, >with a lot of patience - Colin Rowat, Moonirah said that she would not repeat text as >CASI members would possibly be put off. However, there is one person in France who >naturally cares a great deal about the innocent people, especially children, of Iraq, >but, >despite many lengthy explanations from Moonirah, in response to questions and >comments still today - in this message, insists on something that is not correct. > >Perhaps the Moderator could consider please to invite Badri Hilou <bader@free.fr> into >e-mail discussions with CASI, as it might thus provide some psychological support ? > >It obviously is not a problem of "language" that causes the communication failure and >it might be possible that 'academics' or 'well seasoned' participants could please, >possibly >condense some words into an understandable sentence or two, for Badri Hilou to >finally comprehend, hopefully, that the international humanitarian freedom campaign for >605 THIRD-NATIONALS plus Kuwaiti hostages and PoWs still held in Iraq since '90 - '91, >IS NOT DEMANDING SANCTIONS AGAINST ANY NATION !! Just quoting the British FCO and UN ! >Because, their statement "sanctions cannot be lifted until this issue is resolved" is >a key piece of the past nine years and current situation relating to "sanctions", still >being discussed at all UN meetings attended by our own British Government Ministers. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ><bader@free.fr> Badri Hilou wrote: > > that's why I sent it to you : do you reconize that there is 1100 missing > Iraqi in Kuwait ?????? > the real problem is not the missing people, in all the wars therz is missing > people. > The real problem is that there is a genocid in Iraq and your "organisation" > is doing its best to keep the sanctions on the people of Iraq. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Hostages' Envoys for Liberty of Prisoners in Iraq - H.E.L.P. > <help-kuwaiti.hostages-pows-iniraq@dtn.ntl.com> > To: Badri Hilou <bader@free.fr> > Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 8:43 PM > Subject: Re: 605 - 1100 = ? > > Moonirah wrote:Thank you kindly, we read this when issued 9/9/99. > YES, exactly the point: > > Press report:" the tripartite committee, formed by the Security Council to follow > up the file of Kuwaitis allegedly detained or missing in Iraq.......... " > > The Tripartite was established for the THIRD-NATIONALS and Kuwaitis to be > found and released according to the signed Cease-fire Agreement plus > UN Resolutions 1154 of 1998 and 687 of 1991. > > Nothing has changed - except Saddam's people BOYCOTT Tripartite meetings ! > A way to progress ? > > Press report:" Iraq had cooperated earnestly and sincerely " BOYCOTTING MEETINGS ??? > > Sa'idi stressed that Iraq had cooperated earnestly and sincerely with the > International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the third party to the tripartite > committee, to find Kuwaitis whom the Kuwaiti regime alleged to have been detained > or missing in Iraq. > > Press report: " work seriously to identify their fate. " - EVEN COPYING OUR TEXT > From Moonirah. >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Badri Hilou <bader@free.fr> wrote: > > Baghdad, Sept 9, INA (18:00) > > > > Chairman of Human Rights Committee at the Iraqi National Assembly > > > has accused the Kuwaiti authorities of deliberately ignoring Iraq's > > > calls concerning the fate of more than 1100 Iraqis who went missing > > > in Kuwait during 1991 war. > > > > > > In a statement to INA, Khalid Jawad as-Sa'idi said Iraq had > > > submitted full and detailed records to the Kuwaiti authorities > > > two and a half years ago with information and documents about > > > its missing persons, backed by substantiated evidences and > > > testimonies by Iraqis detained there during that period. However, > > > he said, the Kuwaiti authorities did not account for any of them. > > > > > > Sa'idi held Kuwait legally and morally responsible for the serious > > > consequences of mishandling such humanitarian issue, for the > > > suffering and tragic conditions it could entail onto detained and > > > missing Iraqis in Kuwaiti jails and detention camps, let alone > > > the psychological and social conditions of their families long > > > expecting their return or their fate to be identified. > > > > > > The Committee Chairman charged the members of the tripartite > > > committee, formed by the Security Council to follow up the file of > > > Kuwaitis allegedly detained or missing in Iraq, with attaching no > > > importance to the issue of missing and detained Iraqis throughout > > > its work, despite Iraq's repeated, sincere calls for the committee > > > to finish its tasks completely. He noted that the committee was > > > still maintaining a blackout over this urgent issue up to this day. > > > > > > Sa'idi stressed that Iraq had cooperated earnestly and sincerely > > > with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the third > > > party to the tripartite committee, to find Kuwaitis whom the Kuwaiti > > > regime alleged to have been detained or missing in Iraq. > > > > > > The Iraqi MP described Kuwaiti authorities' persistence to raise > > > the issue of Kuwaiti detainees and missing people as a lie through > > > which the Kuwaiti regime intended, in coordination with U.S and > > > British media, to harm Iraq and prolong the unjust sanctions imposed > > > on its people for more than 9 years now. He reaffirmed Iraq's denial > > > of holding any Kuwaiti prisoners. > > > > > > The National Assembly's Human Rights Committee Chairman also > > > pointed out that on February 21, 1999, the authorities in Kuwait > > > had executed Iraqi Khalaf Alwan al-Maliki, jailed in Kuwait along > > > with his five-member family since 1991. He said Iraq had informed > > > the Human Rights High Commissioner in Geneva as well as the > > > ICRC mission in Baghdad and Human Rights Committee at the Arab > > > Parliamentary Union of this crime, which he described as confirming > > > Iraq's assertions of a large number of Iraqi detainees still in > > > Kuwaiti jails. > > > > > > Sa'idi called on the international community, as governments, > > > parliaments, organizations, individuals and men of good will, > > > to raise their voices out-loud in denunciation of Kuwaiti regime's > > > stances, and to pressure this regime into immediate action to open > > > the file of Iraqis detained or missing in Kuwait and work seriously > > > to identify their fate. >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. 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