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Hello all, The quote below was just sent out on the Cambridge Green List. Although it refers to the jubilee 2000 campaign and has nothing to do directly with Iraq, I though it was a particularly good incentive for us to keep writing away to the FCO and our MPs. I was very cheered by it, anyway! Abi "One of my lasting memories is of the Treasury official who complained to me about the number of letters he received from Jubilee 2000 supporters. They were well informed, he said, "too damn well informed!" People wrote about poor countries' debt-to-export ratios; about their pre-cut-off date debt; about whether it was correct to base predictions on the net present value as opposed to the nominal value of the debt. This official was particularly struck by a letter challenging the Treasury's assertion that Uganda has had massive debt relief from her last Paris club rescheduling - and pointing out that only Uganda's pre-cut-off date debt had been included. "The letter," he said, "was written on pink notepaper, with a little posy of roses in the corner! WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?" - Ann Petitifor,Jubilee 2000 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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://www.casi.org.uk