David Norris (Independent)

I am giving the reasons that such a debate is essential. We must think of the civilian population in places such as Falluja. The so-called health Minister in the interim Iraqi administration claims that there is not a significant problem regarding civilian casualties, as does the United States army. Members and instruments of the press in Iraq are instructed, under threat of legal sanctions, to write about nothing but the victory in Falluja. What about Iraqi civilians? We in Ireland must stand up for them.