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I enclose a letter published in today's Financial Times. Chris Doyle Chris Doyle Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding 21 Collingham Road London SW5 0NU Tel: 020 7373 8414 Fax: 020 7835 2088 Mobile 07968 040 281 www.caabu.org (under construction) > -----Original Message----- > From: Carys Ricketts > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 11:47 AM > To: CAABU all; Bridget Gilchrist > Subject: FT Letter > > Financial Times ; 22-Feb-2000 12:00:00 am ; 92 words > From Sir Cyril Townsend. > Sir, United Nations officials working in Iraq seem to have a shorter > career span than most football managers ("UN food chief for Iraq resigns", > February 16). How many more of these dedicated international officials > will have to resign, sacrificing their personal careers, before it is > finally acknowledged by the US and even our own government that the > sanctions policy on Iraq is ineffective, strengthens Saddam Hussein and > his friends, while condemning the average Iraqi to a life of misery that > has lasted over nine years? > Sir Cyril Townsend Director, Council for the Advancement of Arab-British > Understanding, 21 Collingham Road, London SW5 0NU, UK > Copyright © The Financial Times Limited > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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