Seanad debates
Wednesday, 2 April 2003
Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements.
I accept that we must focus on the humanitarian issues. However, as the Leader said, it is difficult to see a situation where, after devastating a country, the same trucks bring in humanitarian aid. It is important that neither the UK nor the US has any role in this. One of the most obscene images recently broadcast from Iraq was that of a truck pulling up, its tailboard let down and starving people being forced to fight. That was no accident, it was trying to give the impression that the people were welcoming them even though, in their hearts, the people hated them. It is particularly important, therefore, that we work through the independent agencies.
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