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"Mr President, the United Nations has been emasculated by two members of the Security Council on the issue of sanctions on Iraq. Kofi Annan is a good and honourable man. However, he should resign in the knowledge that the world is utterly opposed to the disproportionate severity of these sanctions. The EU must speak out against sanctions which amount to virtual genocide. The alleged purpose of the sanctions is to get rid of Saddam Hussein. He is still there ten years later. In fact, the real purpose of the sanctions is to control oil and provide a training ground for US and British pilots so they can ensure the survival of the military-industrial complexes in both the US and Britain. On my recent visit to Iraq I saw children die of respiratory infections, diarrhoea, leukaemia, gastro-enteritis and malnutrition. We must remember that this is a country that has the second largest oil reserve in the world. Operating theatres have raw sewage dripping in, and out-of-date equipment. We are witnessing the slow strangulation of a wonderful nation and a wonderful people. I am a friend of Islam and I think we should stop, in this European Union and the European Parliament, demonising the Arabs and demonising Islam."@en1
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