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Dear Eric, This claim could be true. However, submitting a request to the sanctions committee to import items is not the same as "importing" these items. We do not know if Iraq was allowed to import those items; most probably it was not allowed. If, on the other hand, the purchase was authorized, then why is Straw complaining? His government would have given the permission to Iraq at the UN to import these items, while putting urgent ones on hold... Speak of hypocrisy! We should also look at the history of the British Government's lies on Iraq (the dossier, the forged documents on Uranium, the ongoing war propaganda etc…) before believing anything they say. According to Iraq's Trade Minister, since 1996 Iraq has sold oil worth 64 billion dollars, and imported "humanitarian" goods worth 21 billion... George Bush asked his Congress for 74 billion dollars for a war that should be quick, surgical and would "liberate" Iraq.. 74 billion for a few weeks, and 64 billion for over 6 years?? What does Straw say about that? By the way, a friend sent me the following: If CON is the opposite of PRO, Is CONGRESS the opposite of PROGRESS ?? Hassan __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.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