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This guy has no knowledge of politics and he is totally out of touch. Besides, he is anethical regarding his profession. How would a doctor of all people so strongly support the killing of possibly hundred of thousands of innocent Iraqis just to change a regime? HA >From: "Yasser Alaskary" <ya1980@hotmail.com> >To: <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk> >Subject: [casi] ... And why I will not >Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 23:40:37 -0000 > >http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,3604,895397,00.html > >... And why I will not > >Dr B Khalaf >Friday February 14, 2003 >The Guardian > >I write this to protest against all those people who oppose the war against >Saddam Hussein, or as they call it, the "war against Iraq". I am an Iraqi >doctor, I worked in the Iraqi army for six years during Iraq-Iran war and >four months during Gulf war. All my family still live in Iraq. I am an Arab >Sunni, not Kurdish or Shia. I am an ordinary Iraqi not involved with the >Iraqi opposition outside Iraq. >I am so frustrated by the appalling views of most of the British people, >media and politicians. I want to say to all these people who are against >the >possible war, that if you think by doing so you are serving the interests >of >Iraqi people or saving them, you are not. You are effectively saving >Saddam. >You are depriving the Iraqi people of probably their last real chance get >rid of him and to get out of this dark era in their history. >My family and almost all Iraqi families will feel hurt and anger when >Saddam's media shows on the TV, with great happiness, parts of Saturday's >demonstration in London. But where were you when thousands of Iraqi people >were killed by Saddam's forces at the end of the Gulf war to crush the >uprising? Only now when the war is to reach Saddam has everybody become so >concerned about the human life in Iraq. >Where were you while Saddam has been killing thousands of Iraqis since the >early 70s? And where are you are now, given that every week he executes >people through the "court of revolution", a summary secret court run by the >secret security office. Most of its sentences are executions which Saddam >himself signs. >I could argue one by one against your reasons for opposing this war. But >just ask yourselves why, out of about 500,000 Iraqis in Britain, you will >not find even 1,000 of them participating tomorrow? Your anti-war campaign >has become mass hysteria and you are no longer able to see things properly. >Locum consultant neurologist, London > >_______________________________________________ >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 _________________________________________________________________ Chat online in real time with MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.co.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