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Dear Justin & List, I have followed Justin's postings, trying to figure out the purpose behind the posts and the site established "jubileeiraq". It seems to me the whole idea is to find ways to forgive Iraq's debts... The illegal aggressions are not referred to... The illegal flight-exclusion zones are not mentioned... The illegal new aggression is not an issue... And the sanctions are not a cause.. The only eveil is Saddam Hussein. Isn't that an oversimplification of a major issue?? Is Iraq's problem only money and debts? How about the great developments and projects executed by Saddams' regime since 1979? How about the great leaps in education, scientific develpments, health care, etc...? Was ALL the money spent on wars and "building palaces"?? The site advertises itself as "Campaign to liberate Iraq from Saddam's debts." It starts with the following statement: "Should the Iraqi people have to pay the bill for the $bns Saddam borrowed to fight wars, build palaces and fund his secret police? Should the Iraqi people - impoverished through war, oppression and sanction - pay Kuwait and other rich countries $bns in reparations for Saddam’s 6 month occupation of Kuwait? No one to going to pay the Iraqis for their much greater losses during the 25 years he occupied Iraq." I would like to ask Justin the following: Should Iraqis pay for the destruction of their country in 1991 by "allied" forces in violation of the Geneva Conventions, when civilian targets should not be attacked? Should Iraqis pay for destruction in Kuwait caused by allied bombings and attacks? Should Iraqis pay compensation for nationals of third countries whom the Kuwaitis kicked out after the "liberation" in 1991 without reason? Should Iraqis pay for the destruction of Kuwaiti oil wells which the US intentionally set on fire and accused Iraq? I think that unless issues are tackled objectively, JubileeIraq will remain a site dedicated to expressing only one side of an issue, and in a very distorted way. Hassan __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ 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