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Dear Ali, I too heard that interview.. He was for the continuation of sanctions in principle. Only when pushed on their humanitarian consequences that he came up with targetted sanctions.. He then qualified that as something to be considered in the future!! Regards Aziz --- Ali Draper <amd42@cam.ac.uk> wrote: > I haven't seen any television, but there was a BBC > World Service news > interview with Richard Butler on Monday night at > about 1:30am, discussing > Van Sponeck's resignation. I was interested that > he agreed with the > interviewer in disapproving of sanctions which hurt > the people and not those > with power and was keen to sing the praises of > "targeted sanctions", but > perhaps this is his usual line? > > Ali Draper. > > ************************************************************* > > Ali Draper > > 077111 30570 > > Girton College, Cambridge, CB3 OJG > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark Parkinson > <mark@bodmin-comm-coll.demon.co.uk> > To: <soc-casi-discuss@lists.cam.ac.uk> > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 11:42 PM > Subject: UK televison news coverage of > resignation(s) > > > > I did not see any TV last night here in the UK. > Can anyone say > > whether the main news bulletins on TV covered this > story? news at > > 6pm, 7pm, 9pm, 11pm, Newsnight? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Mark Parkinson > > Cornwall > > > > -- > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This is a discussion list run by the Campaign > Against Sanctions on Iraq > > For removal from list, email > soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk > > Full archive and list instructions are available > from the CASI website: > > http://welcome.to/casi > > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a discussion list run by the Campaign > Against Sanctions on Iraq > For removal from list, email > soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk > Full archive and list instructions are available > from the CASI website: > http://welcome.to/casi > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full archive and list instructions are available from the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi