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Glen wrote: >Firstly then, I think we have to get the FCO to admit sanctions cause >suffering - something they always avoid saying. Why not hit them with the recent Commons FO Select Committee Report, which said that sanctions played 'a part' in the humanitarian catastrophe? How big a part? Ten percent? One hundred percent? One percent? One percent is three thousand dead kids - an Aberfan every day for ten years. Also this 'containment' thing. What's so good about it? What does it really prevent? A military build-up of the kind that the 'arms embargo' was supposed to prevent? The Ba'athists killing lots of Iraqis? We need to challenge the use of the word. Chris Williams -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi