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"en.20030130.3.4-113"2
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"Oil is essential for countries that waste a lot of energy, especially America. Iraq is rich in petroleum. That is why there is much more interest in the problems in that country than in the injustices in other dictatorships. Saddam Hussein is a cruel dictator. The Kurds in the north and the Shiites in the south would have a better life if he stopped interfering with them. Nevertheless, these terrorised population groups never win the support of the outside world to enable then to separate from Iraq. America in particular, which used to be on friendly terms with this dictator, wants to keep Iraq together at any price. The USA is very keen to have a friendly regime that guarantees the continued supply of cheap oil. We must not bomb these people, who are already disadvantaged by sanctions, further into Saddam’s hands. More and more people in Europe and America are demonstrating under the slogan ‘No blood for oil’. Unfortunately America cannot be restrained any longer, but Europe must make sure that it does not become an accessory. The United Kingdom, Italy and Spain are threatening to go along with the creation of destruction and streams of refugees. It is important for the European Parliament to speak out against a war that serves neither human rights nor the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, but only control of the oil wells."@en1
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