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Mark is right this is the logic of : man beats wife so nuke them all to save her. I smell Hill and Knowlton and the Rendon Group behind yet another magic dossier - could be wrong, but it has that incubator baby feeling again - f. > As Amnesty have suggested, the British are being highly selective in this > dossier which > is just an attempt to demonise SH to help justify the genocide of sanctions > and the future > war, occupation and installation of a puppet regime in Iraq. > > I'm not sure that one wants to follow this distraction but we all know how > the US/UK > wishes to give the impression that all is fine in Iraqi Kurdistan away from > the influence of > SH (just like they did when SH was fighting our proxy war with Iran). eg > > 1) Turkey invading Iraq to kill Kurds > 2) sanctions also damaging the Kurds > 3) preventing either of the main Kurdish parties coming to an autonomy agreement > with the Iraqi government > 4) The British first legalised 'honour killings' in Iraq in 1918 > 5) The 1998 law was repealed two years later > 6) The number of honour killings in the Kurdish controlled area increased > significantly since the no fly zones were started > 7) Compared to many other countries in the region, women were better off in Iraq > > Of course, the way things are stacked, to try and say any of the above you > get branded > as an apologist for SH! > > On 4 Dec 2002 at 13:54, Bert Gedin wrote: > >> Per Klevnas, >> >> Bert Gedin has sent you an article from The Record.com >> >> Message from Bert Gedin: >> >> Dear Per & List, >> Here's an example. For more, try a good search engine, then type e.g. >> "Iraqi Honour Killings" or "Saddam Hussein & Honour Killings". - Good >> luck! Greetings, Bertil G. > > > > Mark Parkinson > Bodmin > Cornwall > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss > To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk > All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk > _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk