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This is true. However it was still something worth pointing out. One part of the government contradicting another part, however normal this may be, still constitutes the government contradicting itself. --On Monday, December 11, 2000 11:24 +0000 Chris.Williams@open.ac.uk wrote: > Don't expect different departments of the UK state to be singing from the > same book: the Home Office wants to deport refugees, so it says that > everything is alright. The Foreign Office wants to demonise Saddam, so it > says that everything is all wrong. > > If you want another example of massive contradictions within the > government, look at the Supergun Affair, during which Customs and Excise > were shafted by the rest of the government, mainly the DTI. > > Chris Williams > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: F.Dowker [SMTP:F.Dowker@qmw.ac.uk] >> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 9:47 AM >> To: soc-casi-discuss@lists.cam.ac.uk >> Subject: "White list"? >> >> >> The following letter appeared in yesterday's Guardian. Does anyone >> have any independent corroboration of the claim? Is the white list >> an official list and has Iraq recently been placed on it? I looked >> on the Home Offic page and the last entry for Iraq is April 2000. >> If true, it is a useful tidbit for us in countering claims that the >> government cares about the human rights of Iraqi people persecuted by >> Saddam Hussein. >> >> http://www.observer.co.uk/letters/story/0,6903,409382,00.html >> >> "Iraqis on the list" >> >> Sunday December 10, 2000 >> >> Your article on Saddam's >> executioners (World, last week) must >> be malign propaganda. The Home >> Office, (Immigration and Nationality >> Directorate) has only recently decided >> to place Iraq on the 'white list'. This >> means that asylum seekers from Iraq >> fall to be treated under the expedited >> procedure as the directorate is >> satisfied that the conditions of law and >> order, treatment of prisoners, and civil >> liberty is such that it is unlikely that >> Iraq will produce genuine refugees. I >> appreciate that you give UNHCR as a >> link, but surely in terms of veracity, >> there is no contest when comparing >> UNHCR's opinion with that of Jack >> Straw and his driven minions. >> >> Francis Deutsch >> Saffron Walden >> Essex >> -- >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> + Fay Dowker + >> + Physics Department + >> + E-mail: f.dowker@qmw.ac.uk Queen Mary, University of London + >> + Phone: +44-(0)20-7882-5047 Mile End Road + >> + Fax: +44-(0)20-8981-9465 London E1 4NS, UK + >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> >> -- >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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://www.casi.org.uk > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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://www.casi.org.uk -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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://www.casi.org.uk