John Gerard Hanafin (Fianna Fail)

I join my colleague, Senator Lydon, in his expression of sympathy. I do not know if others noticed the similarity. An assassination in Serbia prior to a war has a resonance of other years. I hope it will not come to that, however. I ask the Leader to make contact with the European Union. There is a suggestion afoot that it would not be involved in assisting Iraq in the event of the United States going it alone, perhaps in defiance of the United Nations. Humanitarian aid is unconditional and any aid that is needed should be given to Iraq in the event of a war.