Seanad debates

Thursday, 9 October 2003

The other issue I wish to raise, the Middle East, was raised yesterday but it should be raised again today in view of the fact that more American soldiers have been killed in Baghdad. If the debate on the Middle East were to include the situation in Palestine, Israel and Syria along with what is happening in Iraq, it would cover all bases. Obviously, there is serious disquiet that the territory of a sovereign state was breached by the Israelis in a retaliation strike following the atrocity of the suicide bombing in Haifa, in which people from across the communities who were enjoying themselves together were blown to bits. There is also the wider question of the UN mandate in Iraq, how that should be exercised and the role of the Security Council in this regard. These issues are worthy of debate in the near future.

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