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Another letter - this time in the Evening Standard Chris Chris Doyle Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding 21 Collingham Road London SW5 0NU Tel: 020 7373 8414 Fax: 020 7835 2088 Mobile 07968 040 281 www.caabu.org > Letter published in the Evening Standard > 10 August 2000 > Your editorial Saddam is still a threat admirably outlines some of the difficulties of the current Iraq policy. Yet being tough with Saddam Hussein should no longer be equated with maintaining sanctions. The regime is as entrenched as ever, earning over a billion dollars a year through smuggling for itself. Its starving population is ever more dependent on government-controlled handouts and is therefore even more under Saddam's ruthless control than ever before. Not only that, but the regime has no UN weapons inspectors on the ground. The question that should be asked is: what point do the sanction serve? It is, after all, the US military that is the most effective deterrent, not sanctions. Sir Cyril Townsend Director > Chris Doyle > CAABU > 21 Collingham Road > London SW5 0NU > 020 7 373 8414 > Fax 020 7 835 2088 > Mobile 07968 040 281 > www.caabu.org > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi