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Dear all, Sorry and sorry Abi I vowed not to return, however - I take deep offence at this comment. How dare Yasser decide who those of us who have expressed concern about the Report are associated with - or not. My concern was (in case it was missed, sorry for repetition) that it was not a first hand report and that there are a lot of games going on and a lot of money floating around with possibilities that hardly need re-spelling out. Also that Amnesty made the huge incubator story backing error and like us all is not infallible. Apologies for this repetition but poisons, assumptions and hi-jacking this list for political means have no place here. I hope I may be allowed this - the discretion is of course, that of the Moderator. Best, f. it's those associated with the regime who found the report > most offensive and did their utmost best to make either AI look > discreditable or to trivalise the abuses. > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: sandra lynton <slynton@yahoo.com> > To: CASI-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk > Subject: [casi] AI > Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 22:58:23 -0700 (PDT) > > I don't think anyone actually recounted what Amnesty > International had written in their report re Iraq in > 2001 (a verbatim highlight copy follows) - is this > really so offensive? they are clearly stating that the > sanctions have had a serious negative impact on > ordinary people - > > In Iraq which remained under > stringent economic sanctions imposed by the UN > Security Council since > 1990, scores of suspected > anti-government opponents were arrested. The death > penalty continued to be > applied extensively while torture > of political detainees was systematic. Scores of > people, including > armed forces officers, were > executed and in some cases the bodies bore evident > signs of torture. > > Civilian deaths resulting from air > strikes by the US and UK forces against Iraqi targets > were reported. > The civilian population of Iraq > continued to suffer severe hardship as a result of the > sanctions. > > In Iraqi Kurdistan, controlled by > the two Kurdish political parties, prisoners of > conscience were detained > and armed Islamic groups were > reportedly responsible for abductions and killings. > > I > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss > To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk > All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss > To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk > All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk > _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk